Journalist Sandeep Sharma crushed by truck: MP Police constitutes SIT

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Monday set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe journalist Sandeep Sharma's death.

"Police have formed a SIT team after Journalist Sandeep Sharma, who had been reporting on Sand Mafia, was run over by a truck in Bhind," said Bhind Superintend of Police (SP).

Sharma, who had been reporting against Sand Mafia, was mowed down by a speeding truck in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind on Sunday.

The journalist had earlier filed a police complaint for allegedly receiving death threat by some unknown people.