00:00Journalist Rajiv Pratav, who reported the story, was mysteriously found dead after he published
00:11this report on his YouTube channel.
00:13His family claims the expose may have led to his death.
00:16Some people had allegedly demanded that he take down the video.
00:19Rajiv Pratav was alumnus of Indian Indian Indian Indian Indian Indian Indian Indian
00:29Institute of Mass Communication and the face behind the YouTube channel Delhi Uttarakhand
00:34Live.
00:35He went missing on the night of September 18.
00:37According to police, he was last seen sitting alone in his auto car near Uttarkashi bus station
00:41around 11.20 pm.
00:43The following day, the car was found mangled in the Bhageerati River.
00:46While police suspect an accident saying the car likely fell into the swollen river during
00:59heavy rainfall, Pratav's family alleged foul play.
01:02His wife Muskaan said that on the night he went missing, he had expressed anxiety over
01:06threats he received after posting investigative reports on a local hospital and a school.
01:10She added that several people had warned him to remove the videos and messages sent to
01:14him after 11.50 pm went undelivered.
01:30Before this, journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was killed in Chhattisgarh for reporting on road
01:34construction irregularities and Naresh Kumar was hacked to death inside a car by unknown
01:38assailants in Odisha for his reporting.
01:41In the case of Rajiv Pratav, superintendent of police Sarita Dobal said they are awaiting
01:45the post-mortem report and that time of AC, it appears his car fell into a gorge and into
01:50the river.
01:51His passing raises pressing questions about the safety and freedom of journalists.
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