List of journalists killed in Assam
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 | 1987 | |
| Kamala Saikia | Ajir Asom | Local Correspondent | Sibsagar | ULFA | Sibsagar | August 9 1991 |
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| Pabitra Narayan | The North East Times | Correspondent | Sibsagar | Suspected timber smugglers | Sonari, Sibsagar | August 19 1995 |
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| Dipak Swargiary | Journalist | Goreswar | Unidentified miscreants | September 24 1995 |
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| Manik Deuri | Journalist | Goreswar | BLT | Diphu | April 26 1996 |
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| Parag Kumar Das | Asomiya Pratidin | Executive Editor | Guwahati | SULFA | Guwahati | May 17 1996 |
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| Panja Ali | Local journalist | Unidentified miscreants | Kasugaon, Kokrajhar | 1997 | |||
| Nurul Hoque | Local journalist | Suspected mafia | Hojai, Nagaon | 1998 | |||
| Alfarid Shazad | Photographer | Grenade explosion | Inside Sivasagar SP’s office | 1999 | |||
| Jiten Sutiya | Journalist | Grenade explosion | Inside Sivasagar SP’s office | 1999 | |||
| Ratneswar Sarnia Shastri | Senior journalist | ULFA | Barpeta | December 31 1999 |
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| Dinesh Brahma | Journalist | Assassin | Dhubri | March 24 2003 |
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| Indramohan Hakasama | Amar Asom | Local correspondent | Agia, Goalpara | 2003 | |||
| Prahlad Gowala | Asomiya Khobor | Correspondent | Golaghat | January 6 2005 |
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| Kanak Raj Medhi | Journalist | Sualkuchi | Died under mysterious circumstances | October 29 2006 |
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| Mohammad Muslimuddin | Journalist | Hojai | 2007 | ||||
| Bodosa Narzary | Bodoland TV | Director | Suspected former BLT and BPF youth wing members | Bhabanipur, Kokrajhar | April 1 2007 |
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| Jagajit Saikia | Amar Asom | Correspondent | Kokrajhar | Kokrajhar | November 22 2008 |
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| Anil Mazumdar | Aji | Executive Editor | Unidentified gunman | Rajgarh, Guwahati | March 24 2009 |
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| Bimala Prasad Talukdar | Swatantra Awaj | Editor | Hojai | September 4 2010 |
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