Madhya Pradesh Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Indian workers use boats to transport sand as they remove it from the River Yamuna in Allahabad in March 2018. Amid growing outrage over the latest murder of a journalist in India, police have arrested a truck driver accused of killing Sandeep Sharma over his investigative reporting into the country's "sand mafia." (AFP/Sanjay Kanojia)

Indian reporter hit by truck, dies after investigating ‘sand mafia’

March 27, 2018 1:25 PM EDT

New Delhi, March 27, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities to determine the motive and bring to justice those responsible for the death of journalist Sandeep Sharma in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state.

West Bengal journalist who covered corruption reported missing in India

August 3, 2015 3:52 PM EDT

New York, August 3, 2015–A correspondent who wrote about corruption for a Bengali-language daily has been reported missing in the Indian state of West Bengal, according to news reports. Chayan Sarkar’s disappearance comes as a number of journalists have been attacked after reporting on corruption around India.

India should conduct thorough investigation into journalist’s death

July 6, 2015 3:36 PM EDT

New York, July 6, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities to fully investigate the death of a local TV journalist in Madhya Pradesh state on Saturday. The family of Akshay Singh has called for the federal Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the case.

Indian journalist dies after being attacked

March 6, 2012 2:26 PM EST

New York, March 6, 2012–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murder of Indian journalist Rajesh Mishra in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. Mishra is the second journalist killed in Madhya Pradesh in a month.