A young television journalist has been killed in the North -Eastern Indian state of Tripura while covering a protest , police said on Thursday .
Shantanu Bhowmick , 28 , from Dinraat news channel , was attacked and abducted late Wednesday while he was at protests held by the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura , the state ’ s police chief AK Shukla said .
The incident took place in Mandai in West Tripura district .
Bhowmick was later found with multiple stab wounds and died by the time he reached the hospital.
Four members of the IPFT , an organisation representing tribal people , have been detained for questioning, Shukla said .
This is the second incident of a journalist being killed in India within a month.
Senior journalist and activist , Gauri Lankesh , was gunned down outside her home in Bangalore on September 5 , leading to widespread protests and concern over the security of journalists.
Journalists and members of civil society held protests in Tripura capital Agartala, NDTV news channel reported .
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