5 scribes killed in India in 2012
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: If you think that journalism is a glamorous profession, here’s a reality check. Five journalists were killed and 38 assaulted, harassed or threatened across the country in 2012, says the annual report on free speech violations by Free Speech Hub of the media watch website, Hoot.org.
Journalist Chandrika Rai, his wife and their two teenage children were murdered at their residence in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria distict in February.
Other scribes to be killed this year were: Rajesh Mishra in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Chaitali Santra in Kolkata and Raihan Naiyum, in Assam. In December, television journalist, Nanao Singh was shot dead in a police firing in Manipur.
The toll could have been higher. But some journalists such as Rina, associate editor of Arunachal Times, survived murderous attempts although attacked and critically injured.
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