List of journalists killed in Assam - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of journalists killed in Assam. More than 20 editors, correspondents and reporters were mercilessly killed in Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

since 1987.

Name	Media	Designation	Base	Killed by	Killed at	Year
Punarmal Agarwala	The Assam Tribune	Correspondent		ULFA	Kampur, Nagaon Nagaon Nagaon , is a medium sized city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. An older spelling of the name is Nowgong.It is one of the fastest growing cities of the northeast.-History:...	1987
Kamala Saikia	Ajir Asom	Local Correspondent	Sibsagar Sibsagar Sivasagar is a town in the Sibsagar district in the state of Assam in India, about north east of Guwahati....	ULFA	Sibsagar Sibsagar Sivasagar is a town in the Sibsagar district in the state of Assam in India, about north east of Guwahati....	August 9 1991
Pabitra Narayan	The North East Times The North East Times The North East Times is CA certified widely circulated daily newspaper in the entire North Eastern region of India. It was launched by the GL Publications Ltd. on October 2, 1990. The current circulation figure of the daily is 11,300....	Correspondent	Sibsagar Sibsagar Sivasagar is a town in the Sibsagar district in the state of Assam in India, about north east of Guwahati....	Suspected timber smugglers	Sonari, Sibsagar Sibsagar Sivasagar is a town in the Sibsagar district in the state of Assam in India, about north east of Guwahati....	August 19 1995
Dipak Swargiary		Journalist	Goreswar	Unidentified miscreants		September 24 1995
Manik Deuri		Journalist	Goreswar	BLT Bodo Liberation Tigers Force Bodo Liberation Tigers Force , also called Bodo Liberation Tigers , was an armed group operating in the Bodo dominated regions of Assam which demanded a separate state for the Bodos to be carved out of Assam...	Diphu Diphu Diphu is the headquarters of Karbi Anglong district in the state of Assam in India.-Geography:Diphu is located at . It has an average elevation of 186 metres . It is about 270 km by road and 213 km by railways from Guwahati, State capital of Assam.-Demographics: India census, Diphu...	April 26 1996
Parag Kumar Das Parag Kumar Das Parag Kumar Das was the former editor of Asomiya Pratidin, a radical journalist, human right activist and one of the founders of human rights movement in Assam. He was also the founder leader of Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti . Prior to that he was the manager of Guwahati Stock Exchange. He was...	Asomiya Pratidin Asomiya Pratidin Asomiya Pratidin is an Assamese daily newspaper, caters whole of Assam with four editions published from Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Bongaigaon and North Lakhimpur, Assam, India...	Executive Editor	Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...	SULFA SULFA SULFA, short for Surrendered ULFA, i.e. members of the United Liberation Front of Asom that surrendered to the government.Beginning with 1990, the Government of India has attempted to wean away members of ULFA. In 1992 a large section of second rank leaders and members surrendered to government...	Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...	May 17 1996
Panja Ali		Local journalist		Unidentified miscreants	Kasugaon, Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Kokrajhar is a city in Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam, one of the North East States and territories of India.Kokrajhar city is located along the bank of Gourang River. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two sides, north and the south...	1997
Nurul Hoque		Local journalist		Suspected mafia	Hojai Hojai Hojai is a city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. The place has an immense potential toset its mark in sub-urban consumer product market. Quite a large part of central Assam,India... , Nagaon Nagaon Nagaon , is a medium sized city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. An older spelling of the name is Nowgong.It is one of the fastest growing cities of the northeast.-History:...	1998
Alfarid Shazad		Photographer		Grenade explosion	Inside Sivasagar SP’s office	1999
Jiten Sutiya		Journalist		Grenade explosion	Inside Sivasagar SP’s office	1999
Ratneswar Sarnia Shastri		Senior journalist		ULFA United Liberation Front of Asom The United Liberation Front of Asom is a separatist group from Assam, among many other such groups in North-East India. It seeks to establish a sovereign Assam via an armed struggle in the Assam Conflict...	Barpeta Barpeta Barpeta is the headquarters of Barpeta district, Assam, India. The city is located about north west of Guwahati.Barpeta is renowned in the Historical map of Assam as the "Land of the Satras"...	December 31 1999
Dinesh Brahma		Journalist		Assassin	Dhubri Dhubri Dhubri is the headquarters of Dhubri district India. It is a small old town on the bank of the Brahmaputra and Gadadhar Rivers. In 1883, the town was first constituted as a Municipal Board and is situated about west from Guwahati, the state capital.Dhubri was an important commercial centre and...	March 24 2003
Indramohan Hakasama	Amar Asom Amar Asom The Amar Asom is an ABC certified Assamese daily published by G. L. Publications Ltd. It was established on April 21, 1997 and is being simultaneously published from Guwahati, Jorhat and North Lakhimpur. It has a wide network of correspondents covering each and every corner of the Northeastern...	Local correspondent			Agia, Goalpara Goalpara Goalpara is the district headquarter of Goalpara district, Assam, India. It is situated west of Guwahati.-Etymology:The name of Goalpara is said to have originally derived from `Gwaltippika` meaning `Guwali village` or the village of the milk men. In the local dialect "para" means...	2003
Prahlad Gowala	Asomiya Khobor Asomiya Khobor Asomiya Khobor is an Assamese daily published simultaneously from Guwahati and Jorhat. A weekly supplement named Deoboriya Khobor is published with it on every Sunday.-References:**...	Correspondent			Golaghat Golaghat Golaghat , which was one of the largest subdivisions of Assam later, elevated to the position of a full-fledged district of Assam on 15 August 1987, is the headquarters of Golaghat district and is a sister town to Jorhat which is about 55 km away....	January 6 2005
Kanak Raj Medhi		Journalist	Sualkuchi Sualkuchi Sualkuchi is a census town in Kamrup district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra, about 35 km from Guwahati, Sualkuchi is a block of Kamrup District...	Died under mysterious circumstances		October 29 2006
Mohammad Muslimuddin		Journalist	Hojai Hojai Hojai is a city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. The place has an immense potential toset its mark in sub-urban consumer product market. Quite a large part of central Assam,India...			2007
Bodosa Narzary	Bodoland TV	Director		Suspected former BLT and BPF youth wing members	Bhabanipur, Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Kokrajhar is a city in Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam, one of the North East States and territories of India.Kokrajhar city is located along the bank of Gourang River. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two sides, north and the south...	April 1 2007
Jagajit Saikia	Amar Asom Amar Asom The Amar Asom is an ABC certified Assamese daily published by G. L. Publications Ltd. It was established on April 21, 1997 and is being simultaneously published from Guwahati, Jorhat and North Lakhimpur. It has a wide network of correspondents covering each and every corner of the Northeastern...	Correspondent	Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Kokrajhar is a city in Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam, one of the North East States and territories of India.Kokrajhar city is located along the bank of Gourang River. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two sides, north and the south...		Kokrajhar Kokrajhar Kokrajhar is a city in Bodoland Territorial Council, Assam, one of the North East States and territories of India.Kokrajhar city is located along the bank of Gourang River. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two sides, north and the south...	November 22 2008
Anil Mazumdar	Aji Aji Assamese Daily Aji Assamese Daily is an Assamese language newspaper published in Guwahati, Assam, India. .On 2009-03-24 the executive editor of the paper, Anil Majumder, was shot dead...	Executive Editor		Unidentified gunman	Rajgarh, Guwahati Guwahati Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...	March 24 2009

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