Achyutananda Sahu

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Doordarshan video journalist Achyutananda Sahu, pictured, was killed when Maoist rebels ambushed the police he was embedded with. (Doordarshan)

Video journalist killed in Maoist rebel attack in Chhattisgarh

New Delhi, October 30, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities in Chhattisgarh to ensure the safety of media covering elections after a journalist embedded with police was killed in an ambush. Video journalist Achyutananda Sahu, who worked for the government-run broadcaster Doordarshan, was killed in Chhattisgarh today during a firefight between police and…

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