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A coalition of press freedom groups Sunday urged a swift investigation into the murder of two Indian journalists in 24 hours, crimes that heightened fears about media safety and freedom in the country.
Rajdeo Ranjan, local bureau chief for the Hindi-language daily Hindustan, was shot five times by unknown gunmen late on Friday while he was travelling on his motorcycle in the eastern state of Bihar.
On Thursday evening television journalist Akhilesh Pratap Singh was shot dead as he returned home on a motorbike in restive Jharkhand state bordering Bihar.
Police have not yet made any formal arrests in either case.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said the shootings took to nine the number of journalists killed in the past year in India, which has been ranked as Asia's deadliest country for reporters.
"We utterly condemn the killings, demand a speedy and thorough investigation and justice for our colleagues," Brussels-based IFJ president Jim Boumelha said in a statement Sunday.
"The toll of killings in India is undermining press freedom and the government and police must act to bring the killers to justice and put an end to impunity."
The Indian Journalists Union, an IFJ affiliate, said both of the reporters were killed because of their work exposing corruption and criminal activities in the underdeveloped states. Police have similar suspicions.
"Rural reporters, who are the most neglected and poorly-paid journalists in the country, are braving the threats and intimidation of a political and criminal nexus," the Indian group said in the same statement.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2016

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