Journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, found dead inside a contractor's septic tank in Chhattisgarh's Bastar, had asked his co-worker, "Kuch hoga toh nahi na (Nothing will happen, right)?" in August. He posed the question after an IPS officer's disapproval over his article. The article covered four journalists' arrest in an evidently false case after they reported on illegal mining involving BJP leaders.