List of journalists killed in India

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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]
8 November 2020 Isravel Moses Reporter at Tamizhan TV Chennai, Tamil Nadu Isravel Moses was hacked to death with machetes by alleged drug dealers in the Chennai suburb of Kundrathur after his neighbors identified him as a journalist. The murder occurred a week after he reported on the local sale of cannabis and associated illegal encroachments of land. [32][33][34]
28 November 2020 Rakesh Singh Reporter with Hindi language local daily newspaper Rashtriya Swaroop Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh Burned to death with his friend after assailants set fire to his village house which fall under the jurisdiction of the Kotwali Dehat police station in the Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The UP state government has since promised to offer his wife a job. [35][36][37]

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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.
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  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.
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  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. "TV journalist shot dead in UP, third incident in four months". The Indian Express. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2005.
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  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.
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  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.
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  32. "India: Tamil Nadu TV reporter killed because of status as journalist | Reporters without borders". RSF. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  33. "Tamil Nadu: Journalist Murdered by Alleged Drug Dealers". The Wire. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
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