Murder of Jagendra Singh

Jagendra Singh
Born
Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died
Lucknow
OccupationJournalist

Murder of Jagendra Singh refers to the killing of a journalist in India by setting him on fire on 1 June 2015. Jagendra Singh was an Indian journalist from Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He died on 8 June 2015 from burn injuries suffered a week earlier. He had been set on fire by local policemen and criminals on the directions of Uttar Pradesh Minister Rammurti Singh Verma. Singh had worked for Hindi-language media for 15 years.

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