This is a list of journalists killed in India No. Date Name Media outlet Place Summary References13 January 1992Ram Singh BilingAzdi Awaz, Daily AjitAzamgarh, PunjabBiling, a correspondent based in Amargarh for two newspapers in Punjab, namely Azdi Awaz and Daily Ajit, was reportedly apprehended by the police while traveling by bus to Jalandhar. Although police officials denied his arrest or custody, Biling, who was also a human rights activist, was reportedly seen in custody by village elders. It is believed that he died in police custody.2 27 February 1992 Bakshi Tirath Singh Hind Samachar Dhuri, PunjabSingh was a reporter for the Punjabi newspaper Hind Samachar, based in Dhuri, India. He was assassinated by unidentified individuals. The reason behind the attack remains uncertain. 318 May 1992M.L. ManchandaAll India RadioPatiala, PunjabOn 18 May 1992, M.L. Manchanda, the director of the All India Radio station located in Patiala, was abducted by members of the militant organization Babbar Khalsa. This group demanded that the electronic media adhere to a specific code of conduct, which included broadcasting in the local Punjabi language instead of Hindi. Despite negotiations for Mr. Manchanda’s release, the government failed to comply with Babbar Khalsa’s demands within the deadline set by the group. Consequently, on 27 May 1992, the militants beheaded Mr. Manchanda, a journalist, in a brutal act that shocked the nation.431 January 1993Bhola Nath MasoomHind SamacharRajpuraMasoom, a journalist associated with Hind Samachar and serving as the president of the Punjab and Chandigarh Journalist's Council, was fatally shot by two suspected militants in the vicinity of his residence located in Rajpura, India. The incident occurred on an unspecified date, and Masoom succumbed to his injuries on the same day.5 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. 629 August 1994Ghulam Mohammad LoneFreelanceKangan, KashmirLone, a newspaper salesman and freelance journalist who had received death threats for his coverage of troop movements in Kashmir, was shot and killed along with his seven-year-old son by a group of masked gunmen, with the Srinagar police attributing the killings to Kashmiri separatists.710 September 1995Mushtaq AliAgence France-Presse and Asian News InternationalSrinagarOn September 7, a letter bomb addressed to a journalist in Srinagar exploded in the hands of Ali, a photographer for Agence France-Presse and a camera operator for Asian News International, causing severe injuries that led to his death three days later.810 April 1996Ghulam Rasool SheikhRehnuma-e-Kashmir and Saffron TimesPamporeThe death of Sheikh, the editor of Rehnuma-e-Kashmir and Saffron Times, who had reported on violence in Pampore, and whose body was found floating in Kashmir's Jhelum River, has been attributed by his family members to a militia group allegedly supported by Indian state security forces, which had reportedly kidnapped him in March.917 May 1996Parag Kumar DasAsomiya PratidinAssamParag Kumar Das, editor-in-chief of the Asomiya Pratidin and a leading voice for self-rule for Assam who had continued reporting on separatist perspectives despite previous arrests, was assassinated in Guwahati while picking up his son from school; his colleagues believe that his recent interview with the leader of the separatist United Liberation Front of Assam may have led to his assassination by a splinter group, and he was also known for his work monitoring human rights abuses by the army and counterinsurgency forces against the Assamese.101 January 1997Altaf Ahmed FaktooDoordarshan TVSrinagarFaktoo, a journalist and news anchor for the state-owned Doordarshan television station in Srinagar, Kashmir, was assassinated by militant separatists who had previously threatened him due to his pro-government news reporting and work with the state-owned broadcast media; he was also previously kidnapped and detained by a militant group in 1994.1116 March 1997Saidan ShafiDoordarshan TVSrinagarShafi, a reporter for Doordarshan TV, was killed in an ambush in Srinagar, Kashmir while working on two news programs, "Kashmir File" and "Eyewitness," with his personal security guard also being fatally shot; his reporting on "Kashmir File" that criticized militant Kashmiri separatists had reportedly led to threats from separatists who accused him of biased reporting.1219 November 1997S. Gangadhara RajuEenadu TelevisionHyderabadA car bomb explosion outside Rama Naidu Studios in Hyderabad killed five members of a television crew, including Gangadhara Raju, an E-TV cameraman, Jagadish Babu, a producer for private channel E-TV, Srinivas Rao and S. Krishna, assistant cameramen for E-TV, and Raja Sekhar, an assistant for E-TV, along with their driver and at least 17 others, while covering the making of a film; the attack is believed to have been politically motivated, targeting the film's producer, Paritala Ravi, a former guerrilla leader and member of the governing Telugu Desam party.13S. Krishna14G. Raja Sekhar15Jagadish Babu16P. Srinivas Rao17 27 February 1999 Shivani Bhatnagar The Indian Express New DelhiBhatnagar, a special correspondent for the Indian Express, was found dead in her apartment in East Delhi. Bhatnagar was strangled and stabbed in the neck and abdomen. While her killers were not identified, early reports speculated that they may have been seeking certain incriminating documents, although police did not find robbery to be a likely motive. 18 13 March 1999 Irfan Hussain Outlook New DelhiHussain, a cartoonist for Outlook magazine, was found dead on the side of a highway in Delhi with his hands and feet bound, throat slit, and having been stabbed 28 times and strangled. His murder was allegedly linked to his satirical cartoons mocking leaders of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, and a threatening phone call from someone claiming to be a member of the Shiv Sena, a Hindu nationalist political organization, was reportedly made to the wife of another cartoonist prior to Hussain's murder. 19 10 October 1999 N. A. Lalruhlu Shan ManipurLalruhlu, an editor of the Hmar-language newspaper Shan, and three others were killed in an attack by suspected separatist militants in Manipur, India. The Hmar Revolutionary Front claimed responsibility for the killings, stating that Lalruhlu was not targeted for his journalism, but because of his involvement with a rival militant group, highlighting the ongoing separatist and ethnic violence in the region. 20 18 March 2000 Adhir Rai Freelance Deoghar, JharkhandRai was a freelance journalist and president of the Deoghar Working Journalists Union, who was murdered while on assignment. The Hindu, an English-language newspaper, reported on the incident and also mentioned that Rai was a lecturer at a local college. 21 31 July 2000 V. Selvaraj Nakkeeran Perambalur, Tamil NaduSelvaraj, a journalist for the Tamil-language biweekly Nakkeeran, was killed by a group of about a dozen men in his hometown of Perambalur, Tamil Nadu. He suffered over 20 serious wounds from knives and sickles, and his death may have been related to his reporting on government corruption in Tiruchi. The Crime Branch Central Investigation Department was investigating the case, but no major developments had been reported by the end of the year. 2210 August 2000Pradeep BhatiaHindustan TimesSrinagarIn August 2000, a bomb attack in the Kashmir capital, Srinagar killed at least 12 people, including Bhatia, a photographer for The Hindustan Times, and injured six other journalists. Hezb-ul Mujahedeen, a militant Kashmiri separatist group, claimed responsibility for the attack targeting Indian security forces.2320 August 2000Thounaojam Brajamani SinghManipur NewsImphalBrajamani, the founder of Manipur News and a well-known journalist in Manipur State, India, was assassinated in the capital city of Imphal while riding his scooter home. He was shot twice in the back of the head by two men who forced him to stop on the road, according to sources.2430 July 2001Moolchand YadavFreelancerJhansiYadav was a freelance reporter who frequently wrote for Hindi-language newspapers such as Jansatta and Punjab Kesari. He was assassinated on a Jhansi street in Uttar Pradesh allegedly due to his investigative reporting on local corruption that angered two influential landowners, according to colleagues.2514 April 2002Paritosh PandeyJansatta ExpressLucknowIn April 2002, crime reporter Pandey, who worked for the Hindi-language daily Jansatta Express, was shot and killed at his home in Lucknow. While it is likely that Pandey was targeted due to his reporting on criminal gangs, the specific motive behind his murder remains unclear.2613 October 2002Yambem Meghajit SinghNortheast VisionImphalIn the city of Imphal, located in India's conflict-ridden Northeast region, Meghajit, a chief correspondent for Northeast Vision, was found dead in his home after being beaten with bamboo sticks and shot in the head. While no group has claimed responsibility for the murder, some journalists speculate that it may have been related to Meghajit's involvement in the semiprecious stone trade.27 21 November 2002 Ram Chander Chhatrapati Poora Sach Sirsa, HaryanaChaterpatti, an editor of Hindi-language newspaper Poora Sach, died from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt in Sirsa, Haryana on October 24, 2016. The alleged gunman and a leader of the Sirsa-based religious sect Dera Sacha Sauda were among three suspects arrested, with officials stating that members of the group ordered Chaterpatti’s murder due to the journalist’s reporting on sexual abuse and other crimes allegedly committed at the group’s compound. In January 2019, a special court in Haryana convicted four individuals of Chaterpatti's murder and criminal conspiracy, sentencing them each to life imprisonment and a fine of 50,000 rupees. 2821 February 2004Veeraboina YadagiriAndhra PrabhaMedak, Telangana (then Andhra Pradesh)Murdered for investigating the illegal sale of home-brewed liquor.2920 April 2004Aasia JeelaniFreelanceKashmirKilled in landmine explosion by the militants of the Kashmir region.306 January 2006Prahlad GoalaAsomiya KhabarGolaghat, AssamMurdered after writing multiple articles on timber smuggling.311 April 2006Mohammed MuslimuddinAsomiya PratidinBarpukhuri, AssamMurdered by assailants after being targeted for writing about illegal drug trade that linked local influential figures and politicians.3211 May 2008Ashok SodhiDaily ExcelsiorSamba district, Jammu and KashmirKilled in crossfire between militants and security forces in Samba, close to the Line of Control. 3324 March 2009Anil MazumdarAji (Assamese Daily)Tingkhong, AssamKilled by militants for supporting peace talks between the separatist guerrilla group, United Liberation Front of Asom.3420 July 2010Vijay Pratap SinghIndian ExpressAllahabad, Uttar PradeshKilled in a blast outside Nand Gopal Gupta's house. Two Samajwadi Party members were arrested including former-MLA Vijay Mishra.3511 June 2011Jyotirmoy DeyMid-DayPowai, MumbaiKilled by multiple men on motorcycles, it may have been related to his reporting of the oil mafia. He had also reported about Chhota Rajan.36 7 September 2013 Rajesh Verma IBN7 Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh 37 6 December 2013 Sai Reddy Deshbandhu Bijapur district 38 27 May 2014 Tarun Kumar Acharya Sambad and Kanak TV Khallikote, Ganjam district, Odisha 39 26 November 2014 M. V. N. Shankar Andhra Prabha Chilakaluripet, Andhra Pradesh 40 8 June 2015 Jagendra Singh Freelance Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh 41 20 June 2015 Sandeep Kothari Freelance Katangi, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh 42 13 August 2015 Sanjay Pathak United News of India Faridpur district, Uttar Pradesh 4330 August 2015M M KalburgiSamagra Vachana SamputaDharwad, Karnataka44 3 October 2015