Raghvendra Bajpai, 36, was shot dead in Sitapur, UP, on Saturday. His reports on alleged irregularities in paddy procurement and stamp duty are suspected to be among the possible reasons he was targeted. Six teams are probing the case, based on an FIR registered on Saturday against the unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants. The revenue officials — called “lekhpals” in parts of India — and the other nine people in detention were purportedly in contact with the victim over the past month, police said. The motive remains unclear, which is why investigators are looking at the case from multiple angles, including Baj Pai’s reportage in the Hindi newspaper for which he worked, the SP said. “We aren’t ruling out personal enmity being the trigger for the murder,” the SP added. The FIR received by Maholi police station quotes Rashmi Bajaji, the slain journalist’s wife, as saying that he left home around 2.30pm on Saturday to “meet somebody” An hour later, Rashmi was informed that her husband had been shot by unidentified assailants near the Hempur overbridge on Sitapu Road. He was declared dead on arrival at Sitapun District Hospital.