Kashmir Press Club expresses concern about FIR against journalist Sajad Gul on ‘fabricated charges’
The freelance reporter has been booked for rioting, trespassing, and assault for an article he wrote for ‘The Kashmir Walla’ on February 9.
The Kashmir Press Club on Sunday expressed concern over the case registered against Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul, who has alleged that he was being harassed and falsely implicated by the authorities for doing a story about demolition drive in a village in Bandipora’s Hajin area recently.
Gul, a north Kashmir-based reporter has been booked for “rioting, trespassing, and assault” for an article he wrote for
Srinagar: The Kashmir Press Club on Thursday condemned the alleged thrashing of three freelance journalists who work as stringers for various news organisations, by the police in south Kashmir.
The incident happened when these individuals were covering the ongoing DDC elections in the area this morning.
In a distress call to the club Fayaz Lolu who works as a stringer with ETV Bharat said that he along with two other Journalists Mudasir Qadri (stringer with News 18 Urdu) and Junaid Rafiq (TV 9) were “beaten” today while covering the ongoing DDC elections in Srigufwara area of South Kashmir.
He also said that their news gathering equipments were also seized by the police. Fayaz Lolu alleged that it was when the SSP of Anantnag arrived on the spot that they were beaten up ruthlessly and taken to the nearest police post. Fayaz further stated that Junaid has been injured and was in hospital.