US EditionJournalist Shot at Flower Festival Sparks Press Freedom Concerns
Dip Saikia was shot in the ribs and legs while reporting; the assailant was arrested and investigations are ongoing amid concerns over press freedom threats.
- On the evening of August 30, 2025, journalist Deep Saikia was shot in Laii village, Senapati district of Manipur, as he reported on the local Zinnia flower event.
- The attack followed recent public criticism of Saikia by Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton, who berated him over his reporting at a Wokha event.
- Saikia, a reporter with Nagaland-based Hornbill TV from Assam’s Jorhat, received bullet wounds to the armpit and leg and was treated initially at Senapati hospital before transfer to Nagaland.
- Locals apprehended the assailant, a youth armed with an air gun, and handed him to police, who are investigating the motive behind the shooting.
- Dzuthono Mekro, editor of Hornbill TV, denounced the incident as a serious violation of press freedom and called on the authorities in Nagaland and Manipur to conduct a thorough and unbiased inquiry.
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TV journalist shot in Manipur's Senapati
Imphal, Aug 31 (PTI) A TV journalist was shot in Manipur’s Senapati district while he was covering a flower festival, police said on Sunday. Deep Saikia, a journalist of the Nagaland-based Hornbill TV, received gunshot wounds on his armpits and legs, they said. The incident happened on Saturday evening in Laii village of the Naga-dominated […]
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Journalist Shot at Flower Festival Sparks Press Freedom Concerns
A TV journalist, Deep Saikia, was shot in Senapati district, Manipur, while covering a flower festival. Saikia, who was injured, was hospitalized first in Senapati and then Nagaland. The gunman was apprehended. Police are investigating the motive. Press freedom concerns have been raised.
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