India, Uttar Pradesh
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13
Feb
2016
Tarun Mishra
On Saturday, February 13, journalist Tarun Mishra, bureau chief of the Jan Sandesh Times, a Hindi newspaper in Sultanpur, in eastern Uttar Pradesh, was driving to Sultanpur with his uncle when two unidentified people on a motorcycle stopped the car and opened fire. Mishra was rushed to hospital but died on route. According to the Uttar Pradesh journalist union, Mishra was potentially targeted for his writings about illegal black market activities in Uttar Pradesh, sometimes referred to as the ‘mud mafia’
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24
Nov
2015
Journalists
On November 24, journalists were covering a dharma (a non-violent, sit-in protest) between the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Ramshankar Katheria, BJP MLA and local traders in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. During the protest, police tried to disburse the group and ‘baton charged’ at the journalists. During the incident, over 10 journalists were injured, including some seriously, after they were beaten by police during the charge.
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3
Oct
2015
Hemant Kumar Yadav
Hemant Kumar Yadav was murdered in the Uttar Pradesh state, India, on Saturday, October 3. The 45-year-old local television journalist was on his motorcycle travelling home from Kamalpur market in the Chandauli district when two motorcyclists confronted him. After a dispute, the duo shot him twice in the chest and fled the scene. Local witnesses rushed to the scene and Yadav was taken to the district hospital but was declared dead on arrival. Yadav is survived by his wife and two children, aged five years and nine months.