A man, who has connections to Indian mafia don Chhota Rajan, has claimed responsibility for the murder of Jamim Shah. Indian Express writes:

A gangster who hails from Delhi and had links with underworld don Chhota Rajan today claimed to have murdered the controversial Nepalese media tycoon Jamim Shah for his “anti-India activities”, even as police has arrested 20 people in the case.

Avenues Television, a private TV channel claimed that it received a call from a man Bharat Nepali who reportedly hails from Delhi.

Nepal Police confirmed the report to The Kathmandu Post:

“Shah’s murder has been carried out by someone from the Chhota Rajan gang,” K. C. told the Post. He said the phone calls made to Cable Television Association and Avenues TV on Monday and interrogations of more than a dozen people indicate that the killers had arrived in Kathmandu on a ‘mission’ to kill Shah.

The killing of Jamim Shah in broad daylight in front of French Embassy and the police’s inability to apprehend the shooters, despite them being unable to start their motorbike for several seconds, was criticised even by the prime minister yesterday. Today, Nepal Police suspended four officers for failing to carry out their duties. Kantipur reports:

Four police personnel have been suspended for their carelessness in security while they were on duty when media entrepreneur and Chairman of Channel Nepal Jamim Shah was murdered in Lazimpat on Sunday.

Earlier on Tuesday, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders had asked the government to look into whether Shah’s murder was linked to his work in the media industry. From The Himalayan Times:

“Although a controversial figure, Shah made a major contribution to media development in Nepal by enabling many Nepalese to gain access to TV stations all over the world,” Reporters Without Borders said.

“So far nothing points to Shah’s media activities as the motive, but he was a very influential person as a result of his pioneering role in broadcast and cable television in Nepal,” the press freedom organisation added. “Both the perpetrators and instigators of this deliberate murder must be identified, arrested and brought to trial.”