The Editors Guild of India on Friday voiced deep concern over recent threats issued to journalists working in Kashmir by suspected terror organisations, and the subsequent resignation of five mediapersons from their respective media outlets.
Turkey-based terror operative Mukhtar Baba and six of his contacts in Jammu and Kashmir are suspected to be behind threats received by several journalists in the Valley in the past couple of days, according to an intelligence dossier. Several journalists resigned from local publications recently after being threatened by terror outfit The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Turkey-based terror operative Mukhtar Baba and six of his contacts in Jammu and Kashmir are suspected to be behind threats received by several journalists in the Valley in the past couple of days, according to an intelligence dossier. India News | Threat to Kashmir Journalists May Have Originated from Turkey-based Terrorist: Report.
4 journos, 2 Govt employees in touch with Baba Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 17: After resignations by five Kashmiri journalists over the anonymous online threats to over a dozen of them, security agencies have found journalist Mukhtar Baba as the mastermind behind putting out the list of journos accusing them of being informers for security forces. According to police, a First Information Report, under anti-terrorist law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) has been registered and investigations have been launched after […]