Santanu Bhowmik (12 January 1989–20 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).
Santanu worked for Channel Dinraat television station and was covering a clash at
Mandai
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between the indigenous wing of the ruling
Communist Party of India (Marxist) and IPFT activists in which Bhowmik was suddenly attacked with sharp weapons.
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.
Santanu's father Sadhan Bhowmik has demanded that
Central Bureau of Investigation
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probe the death.
See also
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Sudip Datta Bhaumik
Sudip Datta Bhaumik (died 21 November 2017) was a journalist killed in the north-eastern state of Tripura in India by a police officer of the Tripura State Rifles during an altercation. Sudip was a reporter for the Bengali language newspaper '' S ...
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List of journalists killed in India
References
External links
A Tripura journalist slain: Anatomy of a murderWhy was Santanu Bhowmik killed?This Is What Happened Before Tripura Journalist's Murder: Police Sources
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1989 births
2017 deaths
Journalists from Tripura
Assassinated Indian journalists