Arunachal Pradesh media fraternity condemns scribes' murder

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Press Trust of India Itanagar
Last Updated : May 14 2016 | 8:57 PM IST
The media fraternity in Arunachal Pradesh today condemned the killing of two journalists, one in Bihar and the other in Jharkhand.
The scribes in the state under the aegis of Arunachal Press Club, Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalist and Arunachal Electronic Media Association condemned the killings and urged the authorities to award stringent punishment to the persons involved in the crime, a statement by the organisations said.
A senior reporter of a Hindi daily 'Hindustan', Rajdev Ranjan, was killed in Bihar's Siwan district on Friday evening while another newsman Akhilesh Pratap Singh was shot dead in Chatra district of Jharkhand on Thursday night.
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First Published: May 14 2016 | 8:57 PM IST

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