Santanu Bhowmik Explained
| Santanu Bhowmik |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1989 |
| Death Place: | Tripura, India |
| Death Cause: | Murder |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Santanu Bhowmik (12 January 1989[1] –20 September 2017) was a journalist murdered in the North-eastern state of Tripura in India while covering the raasta roko (road blockade) by Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT).[2]
Santanu worked for Channel Dinraat television station and was covering a clash at Mandai[3] between the indigenous wing of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) and IPFT activists in which Bhowmik was suddenly attacked with sharp weapons.[4] [5]
He was later found with multiple stab injuries and died before he could be taken to a hospital. Police arrested four members of the IPFT in connection with the murder.[6] [3]
Santanu's father Sadhan Bhowmik has demanded that Central Bureau of Investigation probe the death.[7]
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- Birth date as per Dainik Sambad, 20 September 2022, 1st page.
- Web site: Tripura Journalist Santanu Bhowmik 'Hacked To Death' While Covering IPFT Agitation . Outlookindia.com . 21 September 2017 . 22 November 2017.
- Web site: Indo-Asian News Service . Tripura Journalist Shantanu Bhowmik Killed By Tribal Party Cadres While Covering Rally . Huffingtonpost.in . 20 September 2017 . 22 November 2017.
- Web site: Tripura Journalist's Murder Planned, Says His Editor. Police Arrest 2 . Ndtv.com . 21 September 2017 . 22 November 2017.
- Web site: Associated Press . Broadcast journalist killed in northeastern India . Fox News Channel . 21 September 2017 . 22 November 2017.
- Web site: Tripura journalist killed: Four arrested in connection with clashes, killing of scribe | Agartala News . The Times of India . 21 September 2017 . 22 November 2017.
- Web site: Slain journalist Santanu Bhowmik's father demands CBI probe . The Hindu . 10 October 2017 . 22 November 2017.
