JFA demands action against UP scribe-murder
says India as a whole witnessed the incidents of nine journo-killings in 2019, but only one incident emerged as a case of targeted murder
NJ Thakuria
Jun 23, 2020 02:35
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Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while expressing serious
concern over the brutal murder of a young and spirited scribe at
Unnao locality of Uttar Pradesh (UP), has urged the State government
in Lucknow to nab the culprits who were behind the assassination of
Shubham Mani Tripathi.
Mentionable is that Shubham (25), who was associated with the
Kanpur-based Hindi daily newspaper Kampu Mail as a
correspondent from Unnao, fell prey to miscreant’s bullets on 19 June
2020 as he was moving on a two-wheeler. Seriously injured Shubham was
taken to a hospital in Kanpur, but he succumbed to injuries.
A resident of Brahmnagar in Unnao district, Shubham was a born patriot
and used to report on illegal sand mining practices.
“It is the first incident of journo-murder in India this year. We
demand a fair investigation to the incident and appropriate
punishments to Shubham’s killers,” said a statement issued by JFA
president Rupam Barua and secretary Nava Thakuria with a fervent
appeal to UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath to adequately compensate
the bereaved family.
India as a whole witnessed the incidents of nine journo-killings in
2019, but only one incident emerged as a case of targeted murder. K
Satyanarayana (45) of Telugu daily Andhra Jyothy faced the fate
because of his works as a journalist. He was hacked to death by
miscreants on 15 October. Local scribes informed Satyanarayana was
targeted in earlier occasions too.
Others who were killed last year include Jobanpreet Singh,Vijay Gupta,
Radheyshyam Sharma, Ashish Dhiman, Chakresh Jain, Anand Narayan and
Nityanand Pandey. Kerala scribe K Muhammed Basheer was mowed down by a
vehicle. Guwahati scribe Naresh Mitra also died in a mysterious
accident. Bihar’s scribe Pradeep Mandal was also attacked by
miscreants, but he survived.
