Press Council of India asks for report from Tripura govt over journalist Sudip Datta Bhowmik's killing

New Delhi: The Press Council of India (PCI) on Wednesday asked for a report from the Tripura government on the killing of a 48-year-old journalist allegedly by a constable of the Tripura State Rifle (TSR). [caption id=“attachment_4221179” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Journalist Sudip Datta Bhaumick, shot dead allegedly by a jawan. Facebook/Sudip Datta Bhowmik[/caption] Sudip Datta Bhowmik, working with Bengali newspaper Syandan Patrika, was gunned down on Tuesday following an altercation with the TSR constable, the second killing of a mediaperson in Tripura in two months. Taking suo-motu cognisance of the issue, the PCI chairman ordered to immediately seek a report on the matter along with a reply from “the chief secretary, the secretary (Home), Director General of Police, Government of Tripura and Commandant of 2nd battalion of TSR”, the PCI said in a release. Bhaumik was gunned down around 2 pm inside the headquarters of the 2nd battalion of the TSR at RK Nagar, West Tripura superintendent of Police (SP) Abhijit Saptarshi had said.