108 people held for attacking journalists between 2015-17
Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir said that 108 people were arrested in 90 cases of attacks on journalists between 2015-17. While the maximum of 47 such cases were recorded in 2016, 26 people were arrested in 15 cases in 2017. Reports claimed that 11 journalists were killed in the country in 2017.