UP attacks on journos

IN Media Watch Briefs | 21/10/2015

In what is the fifth reported attack on a journalist in UP this year a journalist was shot at by unidentified assailants who tried to rob him in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district, on Tuesday, according to the police. They think it could be the result of a robbery attempt. (IANS) Meanwhile in the Rajya Sabha the home ministry tabled figures which put the attacks on journalists in UP last year at 63. (The Hindu)

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