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Sai Reddy was murdered by 4 or more men after leaving the market in
Basguda on 6 December 2013. The cause of death was from head and neck injuries that were caused by stabbing and beating. The attack occurred during the afternoon in front of witnesses. The attackers used sharp-edged weapons on Reddy
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Sai Reddy was a rural journalist. He reported on rural topics, as well as on corruption cases. He had at least 20 years of experience and covered the conflict with the
Maoists for that long. He was known by peers and employer as independent and critical of all sides and careful to check on facts and
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Maoists and that was confirmed by a press release released after the attack. Journalists in Basaguda marched through the lands of the Maoists over a three-day period to protest his death and out of concern for their own
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when they attacked him, and he died en route to the hospital. Reddy had been receiving threats from the
Maoists for some time. The Maoists officially took responsibility more than a month after the Reddy's murder. His troubles with the Maoists went back as far as 2008 when they torched his house.
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Sai Reddy was one of at least eight Indian journalists who were killed during 2013. The level of violence against journalists in 2013 in India surpassed the previous high level of violence reached in 1997 when seven were killed. Nemi Chand Jain was also killed in
Chhattisgarh in February 2013.
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