Overview

• Rescue teams found Rajeev Pratap’s body at the Joshiyara barrage on September 28 and handed it to district police.
• Police say preliminary findings indicate his car plunged into the river, with CCTV minutes earlier showing him alone and no visible external injuries reported.
• Family members allege he faced threats after critical reports on a hospital and a school and insist he was abducted.
• An abduction FIR was filed on September 20, and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has ordered a thorough, impartial probe, with the cause of death awaiting postmortem findings.
• The Committee to Protect Journalists urged a comprehensive, transparent investigation that fully examines the threats reported by the family.