"Several witnesses told us last night some unidentified men opened fire indiscriminately toward Braj Kumar Singh when the reporter was talking with some of the workers at the brick kiln, right outside his house," said a police official.
He added that Singh was a correspondent in Hindi language daily. After the attack, the attackers escaped from the site, said some of the witnesses to the media.
Locals said though Singh was taken to the hospital, the doctors said he arrived in a state of lifeless. "Singh was shot in the chest, abdomen and head," the police official said.
In December, a journalist who works for a local language newspaper was shot dead in the district of Rohtash. In May, gunmen killed Rajdeo bed, bureau chief of another Hindi daily, Hindustan, in the Silwan district in the state.
According Repoters Without Borders, in 2015, nine journalists were killed in India. "India is becoming a more dangerous place to carry out journalistic duties," said the journalist protection committee, which is headquartered in New York City.
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Seorang wartawan yang bekerja untuk harian berbahasa lokal ditembak hingga tewas di Negara Bagian Bihar, India Timur, kata beberapa pejabat pada Rabu (4/1). Pembunuhan tersebut terjadi di Desa Salakhni di Kabupaten Samastipur, sekitar 86 kilometer di sebelah timur Patna, Ibu Kota Bihar.
"Beberapa saksi mata mengatakan kepada kami semalam beberapa pria yang tak dikenal melepaskan tembakan secara membabi-buta ke arah Braj Kumar Singh ketika wartawan tersebut sedang berbicara dengan beberapa pekerja di tempat pembakaran batu bata, tepat di luar rumahnya," kata seorang pejabat polisi.
Ia menambahkan Singh adalah koresponden di harian berbahasa Hindi. Setelah serangan itu, para penyerang melarikan diri dari lokasi, kata beberapa saksi mata kepada media.
Warga setempat mengatakan meskipun Singh dibawa ke rumah sakit, para dokter menyatakan ia tiba dalam keadaan tidak bernyawa. "Singh ditembak di dada, perut dan kepala," kata pejabat polisi tersebut.
Pada Desember, seorang wartawan yang bekerja untuk satu surat kabar berbahasa lokal ditembak hingga tewas di Kabupaten Rohtash. Pada Mei, beberapa pria bersenjata membunuh Rajdeo Ranjang, kepala biro harian lain yang berbahasa Hindi, Hindustan, di Kabupaten Silwan di negara bagian tersebut.
Menurut Repoters Without Borders, pada 2015 sembilan wartawan dibunuh di India. "India menjadi tempat yang lebih berbahaya untuk melaksanakan tugas jurnalistik," kata komite perlindungan wartawan itu, yang berpusat di New York City.