Date | Name | Media outlet | Place | Summary | References |
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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] | |
30 August 2015 | M M Kalburgi | Samagra Vachana Samputa | Dharwad, Karnataka | ||
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] | |
24 September 2017 | KJ Singh | Mohali, Punjab | [26][27] | ||
21 November 2017 | Sudip Datta Bhaumik | Bengali language newspaper Syandan Patrika and local television station News Vanguard | Bodhjung Nagar, Tripura | [28] | |
25 March 2018 | Navin Nishchal | Journalist of Dainik Bhaskar in Bihar | Bhojpur district, Bihar | [29][30] | |
14 June 2018 | Shujaat Bukhari | Editor of Rising Kashmir newspaper | Srinagar | [31] | |
29 October 2018 | Chandan Tiwari | Reporter with Aj | Pathalgada, Chatra, Jharkhand | [32][33] | |
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. | [34][35][36] |
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. | [37][38][39] |