Deep is correspondent in Rajasthan and looks after crime. He has a penchant for doing human interest stories and reports on development journalism
Articles by Deep Mukherjee
Rajasthani mother of two beats slipped disc to conquer Mount Everest
The 38-year-old mother of two from Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu climbed the world’s highest peak on Monday, after overcoming a debilitating slipped disc to achieve a feat only a handful of diehard climbers have pulled off.
Updated on May 24, 2017 07:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
Alwar lynching: Pehlu Khan’s cows find shelter in his ‘assailants’ gaushala
Khan, the 55-year-old dairy farmer from Nuh in Haryana died in a hospital in Alwar, on April 3, two days after a mob of self-styled cow protection vigilantes attacked him and four others when they were transporting cattle procured from a weekly market in Jaipur to their village.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 06:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Alwar | Deep Mukherjee
Rajasthan Dalit student accuses principal of harassment in suicide note
“I told ma’am she is harassing me and I would die … She said my death won’t make any difference to her. Now, I just want to die,” Ravindra had written in his suicide note.
Updated on May 16, 2017 01:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
All-women Churu police team reins in Romeos
Till a few days ago, youngsters loitering around girls’ schools and colleges was a common sight in Churu district of Rajasthan.
Updated on May 14, 2017 08:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
Meat seized from Jaipur hotel after vigilante attack not beef: Forensic lab
On March 19, more than 100 cow vigilantes surrounded the Rabbani hotel in Jaipur and protested, alleging that the establishment sold beef, which is banned in Rajasthan.
Updated on May 10, 2017 10:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee
Jaipur civic body yet to unseal hotel Rabbani after court order, forensic clean chit
The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) is yet to follow a court order that asked the civic body to open hotel Hayat Rabbani that was sealed after a siege by gaurakshaks over rumours of beef being served by it. Forensic tests of the meat samples taken from the hotel have revealed that they were not beef
Updated on May 09, 2017 08:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee
Dalit wedding procession in Rajasthan attacked, second within a week
A Dalit groom has been attacked in Udaipur allegedly by upper caste people for taking out his wedding procession with pomp and celebrations, the second such incident in the state within a week.
Updated on May 06, 2017 08:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
After love marriage, woman and her family ostracized in village, face threats
The village elders have asked the couple to pay ₹5 lakh fine.
Updated on May 04, 2017 07:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee
How professors and coaching centres colluded in Rajasthan’s question paper leak scam
The scam, which could very well be termed as the Vyapam moment of the desert state, was busted by the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Rajasthan police on April 17
Updated on May 01, 2017 09:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee & Salik Ahmad
Dalit groom allegedly attacked with beer bottles for riding a mare
Dalits have come under attack for riding a mare during marriage processions as the custom is considered a privilege of the higher classes.
Published on Apr 28, 2017 01:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
Alwar lynching: Pehlu Khan, killed by cow vigilantes, was no cattle smuggler
The 55-year-old Pehlu Khan was waylaid by a mob in Alwar on April 1 when he was transporting cows for his small dairy farm, beaten up mercilessly, and he died of his wounds two days later.
Updated on Jul 19, 2017 06:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Sachin Saini and Deep Mukherjee
Threatened for claiming Maharana Pratap was a Bhil: Rajasthan Dalit writer
Kusum Meghwal told Hindustan Times she has been getting phone calls for the past 1 week from unknown people who abuse her and use profanities.
Updated on May 09, 2017 06:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee
Police officials turn ‘baraatis’ as Dalit groom rides mare
Over 50 police personnel stood guard during the wedding.
Updated on Apr 23, 2017 10:42 PM IST
Jaipur, Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee
Alwar lynching: Sadhvi Kamal equates cow vigilantes to Bhagat Singh, calls them ‘future heroes’
Cow vigilantes accused of lynching a Muslim dairy farmer in Rajasthan’s Alwar this month are equal to freedom fighters such as Bhagat Singh or Chandrasekhar Azad, controversial Hindu leader Sadhvi Kamal has said.
Updated on May 22, 2017 02:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee
Alwar lynching: Pamphlets claim accused are social workers who help police
Pamphlets being distributed in Alwar claim Pehlu Khan was a cow smuggler and the accused were being framed as they were not on the spot but with police at the time of the attack.
Updated on Apr 30, 2017 08:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee
Couple paraded naked in Rajasthan village, video goes viral
A couple was thrashed and then paraded naked in a village in Banswara district of Rajasthan after a khap-like diktat was issued. A video of the act was later circulated on social media which went viral.
Updated on Apr 19, 2017 09:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee
Alwar lynching: His truck confiscated, driver struggles to make a living
Arjun Kumar Yadav was driving the truck which was attacked by alleged cow vigilantes, killing dairy farmer Pehlu Khan.
Updated on Apr 17, 2017 06:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee
Grief and intimidation: A day in a Dalit family’s life in Rajasthan on Ambedkar Jayanti
The bodies of the girls, both first-year students in a college in Neem Ka Thana area of Sikar, were discovered on a railway track approximately two kilometres from their house on April 5. They committed suicide on the day they were allegedly assaulted.
Updated on Apr 14, 2017 08:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sikar | Deep Mukherjee
After Alwar lynching, cattle transporters live in fear of gau rakshaks and cops
HT follows a cattle transport vehicle from Nasirabad market in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district to Dasna in Uttar Pradesh as the death of Haryana dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, who was assaulted by gau rakshaks in Alwar, weighs heavy on the minds of transporters.
Updated on Apr 14, 2017 12:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ajmer/Jaipur | Gulam Jeelani and Deep Mukherjee
243 juveniles escaped from govt-run homes in last 3 years, 43 absconding
Frequent escapes by juvenile delinquents from government-run correctional centres in the state have raised question marks over the security of such facilities
Updated on Apr 11, 2017 07:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
In Rajasthan, 56 cases of molestation by schoolteachers in last 3 yrs
In the last three years, 56 cases of sexual violence against girls by teachers in schools have been registered in the state, data from the Rajasthan home department has revealed.
Updated on Apr 09, 2017 07:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
Warm Ajmer welcomes Pakistani pilgrims to Urs under tight security watch
This year 402 pilgrims from Pakistan have come to Ajmer for the 805th death anniversary of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Updated on Apr 08, 2017 08:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ajmer | Deep Mukherjee & Salik Ahmad
Cops accused of taking Alwar victim out of ICU, detaining him without treatment
Azmat Khan was admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital after losing consciousness in a vicious attack by gau rakshaks on the Alwar highway earlier this week.
Updated on Apr 07, 2017 07:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Nuh (Haryana) | Deep Mukherjee
Fear, anger grip a village of Muslim ‘gau sevaks’
Pehlu Khan’s death has angered residents who feel that a dairy farmer, a man from a village of cow lovers was wrongly targeted and accused of smuggling cows for slaughter.
Updated on Apr 07, 2017 03:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mewat | Deep Mukherjee, Mewat
Before we could say anything, we were attacked: Survivor on assault by Alwar cow protection group
The attack took place when they were returning from Jaipur after obtaining a permit from the municipal corporation. Transportation of cattle is banned in Rajasthan without official permission.
Updated on Apr 30, 2017 08:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Alwar/Nuh | Deep Mukherjee
He called me a ‘slut and bitch’: Café Coffee Day employee who slapped customer
A law student faces arrest after a complaint from a Café Coffee Day employee that he called her a slut and a bitch. But she didn’t mention that she slapped him, a video of which is available on social media.
Updated on Mar 30, 2017 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee
Smuggling, lack of profit in breeding behind dip in camel population
Police data reveals that in the last three years, 76 cases of camel smuggling have been registered in Rajasthan wherein 939 animals were transported outside for slaughter
Updated on Mar 27, 2017 08:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee, Jaipur
Tales of despair and exploitation resonate at public hearing on silicosis
Public hearing unveils how difficult it is for those suffering from silicosis to get compensation.
Updated on Mar 27, 2017 08:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Deep Mukherjee
Meet Sadhvi Kamal, 39-year-old gau rakshak inspired by Mother Teresa’s social work
Sadhvi Kamal, the 37-year-old head of the Rashtriya Mahila Gau Raksha Dal, is the new face of cow protection in India after forcing the closure of a hotel in Jaipur for allegedly serving beef
Updated on Apr 11, 2017 01:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee
Ek Tha Gangster: Wanted Rajasthan criminal working on biopic as cops hunt him
Rajasthan police have been doggedly pursuing Vishram Choudhary, a dreaded criminal, for close to a year now but with little success. In the meantime, Choudhury seems to be occupied with the making of his biopic.
Published on Mar 23, 2017 07:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Deep Mukherjee