Murder of Jagendra Singh

Jagendra Singh
Born
Died
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. 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.