Sudip Datta Bhaumik
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sudip Datta Bhaumik (died 21 November 2017) was a journalist killed in the north-eastern state of Tripura in India by a police officer of the Tripura State Rifles during an altercation. Sudip was a reporter for the Bengali language newspaper Syandan Patrika[1] and the local television channel News Vanguard. He had gone to meet the commandant of the Second TSR after obtaining an appointment with him. He had an altercation with a personal staff officer (PSO) of the commandant outside the latter’s office, during which the PSO shot him dead.[2]
The Tripura chief minister, Manik Sarkar,[3] and the union home minister of state, Kiren Rijiju, condemned the killing.[4]