The Defence Ministry, Home Ministry, Army and Police have all denied any knowledge about the fate of pro-Maoist journalist Krishna Sen who was reportedly killed in police custody. Sen was arrested 20 June, and the weekly Jana Aastha on Wednesday gave details of his death after alleged torture. The influential Federation of Nepalese Journalists says it has tried to meet the Home Minister, but that the government is not saying anything. FNJ General Secretary Bishnu Nisthuri, told us: This silence is dangerous. The Paris-based Reporters sans Fronti?res wrote to the prime minister asking for a clarification. The death of a journalist under torture, even if the latter supported the Maoist movement, can in no way be justified by antiterrorist war, Robert M?nard, General Secretary, says in a statement. Sen was also a member of the Maoist Central Committee.