File image of India-based photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who worked for Reuters news agency.
Editors Guild of India (EGI) has released a statement mourning the untimely death of Reuter's Chief photojournalist Danish Siddiqui. On 16 July, Siddiqui was killed in crossfire while he was covering the military conflict between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan.
EGI in its statement said that Siddiqui losing his life in Afghanistan is an "irreplaceable loss to journalism."
The Guild further stated that Siddiqui's work is a "living testament to the axiom of photojournalism."
While offering condolences, the Guild also expressed "deep disturbance" by the "racist campaign" run against Siddiqui by certain sections of social media.
Siddiqui was killed in the line of duty, on 16 July, while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan.
In what would end up becoming his last dispatch before his death, Siddiqui had, on Tuesday, detailed a mission undertaken by Afghan forces to rescue a trapped and wounded policeman amid an attack on them.
Sharing a visual of one of the rockets hitting the armour plate of their car overhead, alongside a brief video, Siddiqui had written that he "was lucky to be safe."
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