Journalists also ‘managed’ to suppress their voices against the refinery in Ratnagiri.
Unmesh Gujarathi
Sprouts Exclusive
There is agitation among the local people against the disastrous refinery in Ratnagiri. Don’t let this provocation explode. Therefore, the work of “managing” the media itself is going on. The Sprouts Special Investigation Team (SIT) has received sensational information that some local journalists have been directly given land as bait.
The SIT of ‘Sprouts’ has the 7/12 copy of land worth crores of rupees handed over to local journalist Manoj Lele of ‘TV9 Marathi’, Rakesh Gudekar of ‘Mumbai Aajtak’ and Amol Kalaye of ‘Saam’ by Pandharinath Ambekar.
In this 7/12 copy, it is seen that the murder accused Ambekar himself is the owner of the land. It was Ambekar who used to gift such lands. These journalists will also get project contracts for various works. Apart from this, they will get a project certificate, job or compensation. A house will also be available in the smart city. Ambekar has converted most of the newspaper, TV channels and social media journalists of the Ratnagiri area to his side by keeping all these advantages in front of them. As a result, another journalist like Warise was an exception to this.
Pandharinath Ambekar is a land mafia. Moreover, he is currently an office bearer of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ambekar used to terrorize local social activists and journalists who opposed the refinery. The same Ambekar killed journalist Shashikant Warise by running a heavy jeep over him. Currently, the prime accused Ambekar is in custody.
Anil Nagvekar, the chief public relations officer of the refinery, is making sure that not only the local but also the major newspapers of Maharashtra do not get news about the refinery. For this, Nagvekar is doing the work of giving “gifts” to the owners and editors of some major media houses.
Journalists who do not care of bait and threats, accused Pandharinath Ambekar was being used to kill them even. Accused Ambekar is considered to be Nagvekar’s right-hand. Therefore, Nagvekar must also be thoroughly investigated in the case of Warise’s murder.
In the documents that has come into the hands of ‘Sprouts’, it is revealed that Ambekar had given lands to the above journalists. However, it has been seen that some journalists have taken land in the names of their relatives instead of in their own name. Since the announcement of the Nanar project, Ambekar has been exposed as a land mafia. He has illegally sold lands to people in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi as ‘local farmers’, a thorough investigation should be conducted, but the investigation is more likely to be ‘managed’.
