Sandeep Sharma

Year: 2018

Nationality: India

Killed by: Criminal Group

Location: Ghazipur district, India

Press organization: News World

What's Sandeep Sharma's story?

Sandeep Sharma, a reporter for the local News World television channel in Madhya Pradesh state’s Bhind district, was killed on March 26, 2018. He was driving on his motorbike to a government event when a truck veered into him and ran him over, according to the channel’s bureau chief, Vikas Purohit, who witnessed the collision, and a report by NDTV. Purohit told CPJ that he took Sharma to the local hospital where the journalist was declared dead from injuries sustained in the crash.

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