This is a list of journalists killed in Assam. Since 1987, 23 editors, correspondents and reporters were killed in Assam.
Name | Media | Designation | Base | Killed by | Killed at | Year | Image |
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Punarmal Agarwala | The Assam Tribune | Correspondent | Kampur Town | ULFA | Kampur Town | ||
Kamala Saikia | Ajir Asom | Local Correspondent | Sibsagar | ULFA | Sibsagar | ||
Pabitra Narayan | The North East Times | Correspondent | Sibsagar | Suspected timber smugglers | Sonari, Sibsagar | ||
Dipak Swargiary | Journalist | Goreswar | Unidentified miscreants | ||||
Manik Deuri | Journalist | Goreswar | BLT | Diphu | |||
Parag Kumar Das[1] | Asomiya Pratidin | Executive Editor | Guwahati | SULFA | Guwahati | ||
Panja Ali | Local journalist | Unidentified miscreants | Kasugaon, Kokrajhar | ||||
Nurul Hoque | Local journalist | Suspected mafia | Hojai, Nagaon | ||||
Alfarid Shazad | Photographer | Grenade explosion | Inside Sivasagar SP's office | ||||
Jiten Sutiya | Journalist | Grenade explosion | Inside Sivasagar SP's office | ||||
Ratneswar Sarma Shastri | Senior journalist | ULFA | Barpeta | ||||
Dinesh Brahma | Journalist | Assassin | Dhubri | ||||
Indramohan Hakasama | Amar Asom | Local correspondent | Agia, Goalpara | ||||
Prahlad Gowala | Asomiya Khabar | Correspondent | Golaghat | ||||
Kanak Raj Medhi | Journalist | Sualkuchi | Died under mysterious circumstances | ||||
Mohammad Muslimuddin | Journalist | Hojai | |||||
Bodosa Narzary | Bodoland TV | Director | Suspected former BLT and BPF youth wing members | Bhabanipur, Kokrajhar | |||
Jagajit Saikia | Amar Asom | Correspondent | Kokrajhar | Kokrajhar | |||
Anil Mazumdar | Aji | Executive Editor | Unidentified gunman | Rajgarh, Guwahati | |||
Bimala Prasad Talukdar | Swatantra Awaj | Editor | Hojai | ||||
Rayhanu Naime | Gana Chabuk,Deshbarta | Journalist | Dhubri | Unidentified miscreants | Dhubri, Dhubri |