World Press Freedom Day

Remembering journalists killed during line of duty 

Parag Kumar Das, Assam A radical journalist and human right activist, Parag Kumar Das was assassinated by suspected members of SULFA (Surrendered United Liberation Front of Asom) in 1996. The Amnesty International , on its note with regards to Parag Kumar Das's assasination stated that the journalist's killing highlights the suppression of human rights activity within Assam

Danish Siddiqui, Delhi Pulitzer Prize winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui who was embedded with Afghan special forces in southern Kandahar during the fight between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters in 2021, was killed by Taliban militants during crossfire. Danish was working for Reuters

Syed Shujaat Bukhari, Jammu and Kashmir Shujaat Bhukhari was a Kashmiri journalist who was shot dead outside his office in Srinagar on June 14, 2018

Gauri Lankesh, Karnataka Gauri Lankesh was an indian activist and journalist from Bengaluru, Karnataka was assassinated outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5, 2017. Gauri was known for being a critic of right-wing Hindu extremism

Santanu Bhowmik, Tripura Santanu Bhowmik was a journalist murdered in Tripura on September 20, 2017 while covering the raasta roko (road blockade) by Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT).

Jyotirmoy Dey, Maharashtra Jyotirmoy Dey was the editor of Mid Day, a tabloid newspaper, who was also an expert on the Mumbai Underworld. He was shot dead in broad daylight on June 11, 2017 near his Powai residence in Mumbai

Rajdeo Ranjan, Bihar Rajdeo Ranjan's murder made the cut in national headlines in May 2016 when the bureu chief of Dainik Hindustan was killed by a gang of criminals while he was on his way from the office of Bihar's Siwan

Shivani Bhatnagar, Delhi Shivani Bhatnagar was murdered on January 23, 1999 and whose murder became a political scandal that reached the top levels of Indian politics. The journalist was killed by IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma fearing she would expose their 'intimate relation''

Sulabh Srivastava, Uttar Pradesh Sulabh Srivastava was affiliated to ABP news and was found dead under mysterious circumstances a day after he filed complaints to Uttar Police seeking protection in 2021. 

R.K. Sanatomba Singh, Manipur Editor of Manipuri monthly journal Kangla Lanpung, R.K. Sanatomba was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on June 30, 1993. Eventhough there were several arrests made, but no action iniated then after