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Date Name Media outlet Place Summary References
27 February 1992 Bakshi Tirath Singh Hind Samachar Dhuri, Punjab [1]
22 May 1993 Dinesh Pathak Resident editor of Sandesh newspaper in Baroda. Vadodara Raju Risaldar, accused of ordering the killing, was later shot dead by Gujarat Police in the Vadodara encounter. [2][3]
27 February 1999 Shivani Bhatnagar The Indian Express New Delhi [4]
13 March 1999 Irfan Hussain Outlook New Delhi [5]
10 October 1999 N. A. Lalruhlu Shan Manipur [6]
18 March 2000 Adhir Rai Freelance Deoghar, Jharkhand [7]
31 July 2000 V. Selvaraj Nakkeeran Perambalur, Tamil Nadu [8]
20 August 2000 Thounaojam Brajamani Singh Manipur News Imphal, Manipur [9]
21 November 2002 Ram Chander Chhatrapati Poora Sach Sirsa, Haryana [10]
7 September 2013 Rajesh Verma IBN7 Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh [11]
6 December 2013 Sai Reddy Deshbandhu Bijapur district [12]
27 May 2014 Tarun Kumar Acharya Sambad and Kanak TV Khallikote, Ganjam district, Odisha [13][14]
26 November 2014 M. V. N. Shankar Andhra Prabha Chilakaluripet, Andhra Pradesh [15]
8 June 2015 Jagendra Singh Freelance Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh [16][17]
20 June 2015 Sandeep Kothari Freelance Katangi, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh [18]
13 August 2015 Sanjay Pathak United News of India Faridpur district, Uttar Pradesh [19][20]
3 October 2015 Hemant Yadav TV24 Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh [19]
13 February 2016 Karun Misra Jansandesh Times Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh [21]
13 May 2016 Rajdev Ranjan Hindustan Siwan, Bihar [22]
23 August 2016 Kishore Dave Jai Hind Junagadh, Gujarat [23]
5 September 2017 Gauri Lankesh Gauri Lankesh Patrike Bengaluru, Karnataka [24]
21 September 2017 Santanu Bhowmik Channel Dinraat Mandwi/Mandai, Tripura [25]
21 November 2017 Sudip Datta Bhaumik Bengali language newspaper Syandan Patrika and local television station News Vanguard Bodhjung Nagar, Tripura [26]
25 March 2018 Navin Nishchal Journalist of Dainik Bhaskar in Bihar Bhojpur district, Bihar [27][28]
14 June 2018 Shujaat Bukhari Editor of Rising Kashmir newspaper Srinagar [29]
29 October 2018 Chandan Tiwari Reporter with Aj Pathalgada, Chatra, Jharkhand [30][31]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bakshi Tirath Singh, Hind Samachar, February 27, 1992, in Dhuri, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. ^ site admin (1993-06-30). "Cracking down on the dons | IndiaToday". Indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  3. ^ "Dinesh Pathak - Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  4. ^ "Shivani Bhatnagar, Indian Express, January 23, 1999, in New Delhi, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Irfan Hussain, Outlook, March 13, 1999, in New Delhi, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ^ "N.A. Lalruhlu, Shan, October 10, 1999, in Manipur, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Adhir Rai, Freelancer, March 18, 2000, in Deoghar, Jharkhand, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  8. ^ "V. Selvaraj, Nakkeeran, July 31, 2000, in Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Thounaojam Brajamani Singh, Manipur News, August 20, 2000, in Imphal, Manipur, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  10. ^ The man who exposed Dera chief paid with his life
  11. ^ Siddiqui, Pervez Iqbal (September 9, 2003). "Slain journalists specifically targeted?". The Times of India.
  12. ^ "Sai Reddy, Deshbandhu, December 6, 2003, in Bijapur District, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 9 October 2005.
  13. ^ "Tarun Kumar Acharya, Kanak TV, Sambad May 27, 2004, in Odisha, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 9 October 2005.
  14. ^ "Two held for murder of journalist Tarun Acharya". The Financial Express. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2005.
  15. ^ "MVN Shankar, Andhra Prabha, November 26, 2004, in Andhra Pradesh, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 4 October 2005.
  16. ^ "Indian Journalist Who Linked Official to Graft Dies". The New York Times. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2005.
  17. ^ "Jagendra Singh, Freelance, June 8, 2005, in Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 4 October 2005.
  18. ^ "Another journalist killed in Maharashtra: Sandeep Kothari was waging war against illegal mining in MP". Firstpost. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 26 July 2005.
  19. ^ a b "TV journalist shot dead in UP, third incident in four months". The Indian Express. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2005.
  20. ^ "Local Hindi daily journalist murdered in UP, one arrested". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2005.
  21. ^ "Journalist shot dead in UP, Akhilesh orders probe". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Three detained for murder of Bihar journalist Rajdev Ranjan". Indian Express. May 14, 2006.
  23. ^ "Gujarat Journalist Kishore Dave Killed While Writing Story". NDTV. 23 August 2006.
  24. ^ "Journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bengaluru". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  25. ^ "Tripura Journalist Santanu Bhowmik 'Hacked To Death' While Covering IPFT Agitation". Outlookindia.com. 2007-09-21. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  26. ^ "Journalist shot in Tripura, second scribe killed in two months; constable arrested". The Indian Express. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  27. ^ Niharika Banerjee (2018-03-26). "Bihar: 2 Dainik Bhaskar journalists mowed down by ex-village headman's SUV following a tiff | IndiaToday". Indiatoday.in. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  28. ^ "Two Bihar journalists killed as SUV rams bike". The Hindu. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  29. ^ "Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari killed by unknown gunmen in Srinagar". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  30. ^ Sharma, Vishal (30 October 2008). "Journalist abducted, beaten to death in Jharkhand's Chatra district". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  31. ^ Avenue, Committee to Protect Journalists 330 7th; York, 11th Floor New; Ny 10001. "Local reporter covering corruption is abducted and beaten to death in Jharkhand, India". cpj.org. Retrieved 2019-09-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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