J-K Police Ban Live Coverage Of Encounters, Law-And-Order Situations
It is an attack on freedom of press, say journalist bodies
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2021-04-08T21:53:53+05:30
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A media advisory issued by the inspector-general of police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, asking mediapersons to stay away from encounter sites and law-and-order situations have caused anguish among the media fraternity in the Valley.
“Journalists cover encounters for facts, information (vital in a democracy). It is a call to duty,” tweeted senior journalist and editor of the Kashmir Times Anuradha Bhasin.
The IGP has issued directions to the police that media shouldn’t be allowed “to interfere in the professional and bonafide duty of police and security forces at encounter sites and during law- and-order situations.” The IGP has asked “media persons not to come closer to the encounter site and law-and-order situation and do not carry any live coverage of any encounter and law-and-order situation.”