Hyderabad: The Indian Journalists Union has strongly condemned the murder of two journalists in two days in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Rajdeo Ranjan, bureau chief of Dainik Hindustan was killed at Siwan, Bihar, on Friday, Akhilesh Pratap Singh was killed at Dewari in Chatra district of Jharkhand on Thursday.
IJU president S.N. Sinha, secretary-general Amar Devulapalli and Press Council of India member K. Amarnath alleged that the two journalists were killed by goons of the politico-criminal mafia for exposure of their criminal activities.
Terming the reporters as martyrs in the cause of freedom of the press, the IJU demanded a special investigation team with police officers of proven integrity to bring the culprits to book. It demanded the state governments to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation for their families.
