Two days after a journalist in Unnao was allegedly shot at, the Uttar Pradesh police is yet to register an FIR in the matter, and said they are awaiting a complaint from his family, the Indian Express reported. Around 10 pm on Saturday, Mannu Awasthi, 25, was reportedly shot at while riding a scooter in an area under the Kotwal police station. His condition is said to be stable.
Three months ago, Awasthi had lodged a complaint on being threatened by members of the land mafia over his reportage on them. “I am being threatened on the phone… If I am attacked or anyone from my family is, these people will be responsible,” he had also said in a video following the FIR. He had alleged that he was being followed and harassed.
