List of journalists killed in Assam explained

This is a list of journalists killed in Assam. Since 1987, 23 editors, correspondents and reporters were killed in Assam.

NameMediaDesignationBaseKilled byKilled atYearImage
Punarmal AgarwalaThe Assam TribuneCorrespondentKampur TownULFAKampur Town
Kamala SaikiaAjir AsomLocal CorrespondentSibsagarULFASibsagar
Pabitra NarayanThe North East TimesCorrespondentSibsagarSuspected timber smugglersSonari, Sibsagar
Dipak Swargiary JournalistGoreswarUnidentified miscreants
Manik Deuri JournalistGoreswarBLTDiphu
Parag Kumar Das[1] Asomiya PratidinExecutive EditorGuwahatiSULFAGuwahati
Panja AliLocal journalistUnidentified miscreantsKasugaon, Kokrajhar
Nurul HoqueLocal journalistSuspected mafiaHojai, Nagaon
Alfarid ShazadPhotographerGrenade explosion Inside Sivasagar SP's office
Jiten SutiyaJournalistGrenade explosion Inside Sivasagar SP's office
Ratneswar Sarma ShastriSenior journalistULFABarpeta
Dinesh BrahmaJournalistAssassinDhubri
Indramohan HakasamaAmar AsomLocal correspondentAgia, Goalpara
Prahlad GowalaAsomiya KhabarCorrespondentGolaghat
Kanak Raj MedhiJournalistSualkuchiDied under mysterious circumstances
Mohammad MuslimuddinJournalistHojai
Bodosa NarzaryBodoland TVDirectorSuspected former BLT and BPF youth wing membersBhabanipur, Kokrajhar
Jagajit SaikiaAmar AsomCorrespondentKokrajharKokrajhar
Anil MazumdarAjiExecutive EditorUnidentified gunmanRajgarh, Guwahati
Bimala Prasad TalukdarSwatantra AwajEditorHojai
Rayhanu NaimeGana Chabuk,DeshbartaJournalistDhubriUnidentified miscreantsDhubri, Dhubri

Notes and References

  1. News: https://web.archive.org/web/20120219170054/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=aug0409%2Fedit2 . 19 February 2012 . Editorial - Parag Das murder verdict: bleeding Fourth Estate . 4 August 2009 . Saikh Md Sabah . Al-Ahmed . The Assam Tribune . 24 July 2018 .