List of journalists killed in Assam
This is a list of journalists killed in Assam. Since 1987, 23 editors, correspondents and reporters were killed in Assam.
Name | Media | Designation | Base | Killed by | Killed at | Year | Image |
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Punarmal Agarwala | The Assam Tribune | Correspondent | Kampur Town | ULFA | Kampur Town | 1987 | |
Kamala Saikia | Ajir Asom | Local Correspondent | Sibsagar | ULFA | Sibsagar | 9 August 1991 | |
Pabitra Narayan | The North East Times | Correspondent | Sibsagar | Suspected timber smugglers | Sonari, Sibsagar | 19 August 1995 | |
Dipak Swargiary | Journalist | Goreswar | Unidentified miscreants | 24 September 1995 | |||
Manik Deuri | Journalist | Goreswar | BLT | Diphu | 26 April 1996 | ||
Parag Kumar Das[1] | Asomiya Pratidin | Executive Editor | Guwahati | SULFA | Guwahati | 17 May 1996 | |
Panja Ali | Local journalist | Unidentified miscreants | Kasugaon, Kokrajhar | 1997 | |||
Nurul Hoque | Local journalist | Suspected mafia | Hojai, Nagaon | 1998 | |||
Alfarid Shazad | Photographer | Grenade explosion | Inside Sivasagar SP's office | 1999 | |||
Jiten Sutiya | Journalist | Grenade explosion | Inside Sivasagar SP's office | 1999 | |||
Ratneswar Sarma Shastri | Senior journalist | ULFA | Barpeta | 31 December 1999 | |||
Dinesh Brahma | Journalist | Assassin | Dhubri | 24 March 2003 | |||
Indramohan Hakasama | Amar Asom | Local correspondent | Agia, Goalpara | 2003 | |||
Prahlad Gowala | Asomiya Khabar | Correspondent | Golaghat | 6 January 2005 | |||
Kanak Raj Medhi | Journalist | Sualkuchi | Died under mysterious circumstances | 29 October 2006 | |||
Mohammad Muslimuddin | Journalist | Hojai | 2007 | ||||
Bodosa Narzary | Bodoland TV | Director | Suspected former BLT and BPF youth wing members | Bhabanipur, Kokrajhar | 1 April 2007 | ||
Jagajit Saikia | Amar Asom | Correspondent | Kokrajhar | Kokrajhar | 22 November 2008 | ||
Anil Mazumdar | Aji | Executive Editor | Unidentified gunman | Rajgarh, Guwahati | 24 March 2009 | ||
Bimala Prasad Talukdar | Swatantra Awaj | Editor | Hojai | 4 September 2010 | |||
Rayhanu Naime | Gana Chabuk,Deshbarta | Journalist | Dhubri | Unidentified miscreants | Dhubri, Dhubri | 8 September 2012 |
References
- Al-Ahmed, Saikh Md Sabah (4 August 2009). "Editorial - Parag Das murder verdict: bleeding Fourth Estate". The Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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