The UN scientific and educational organisation UNESCO has condemned the murder of an Indian journalist in West Bengal last month and asked for a probe into the crime.        

"I condemn the murder of Chaitali Santra and urge the authorities to investigate this crime," UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Director-General Irina Bokova said in a statement.        

Santra was a correspondent in Howrah, West Bengal, for the Hindi-language weekly 'Julm se Jang'. She was killed on September 26 by a parcel bomb that she opened in her home. Her husband was severely injured in the blast.