Veeraboina Yadagiri
Year: 2004
Nationality: India
Killed by: Criminal Group
Location: Medak, India
Press organization: Andhra Prabha
What's Veeraboina Yadagiri's story?
Yadagiri, a veteran journalist and staff correspondent for the local,Telugu-language daily Andhra Prabha, was stabbed to death nearhis home in the town of Medak, in India’s southern Andhra PradeshState. Local journalists told CPJ that Yadagiri, 35, was murderedin reprisal for his articles investigating the illegal sale of home-brewedliquor, known locally as toddy.
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