The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday searched the properties of 4 journalists within the Valley and referred to as them to the police station for questioning. While journalists had been allowed to go away within the night, they’ve been requested to seem once more on Thursday.
This got here a day after IGP Vijay Kumar stated they had been some native media individuals for “spreading fake news”.
On Wednesday morning, police reached and searched the residences of journalists Shaukat Ahmed Motta, Hilal Mir, Azhar Qadri and Shah Abbas. The police confiscated their cell telephones, laptops and different digital devices and requested them to be current at Kothibagh police station in Srinagar.
The 4 had been questioned for a number of hours earlier than leaving late within the night on the station. Motta was the editor of {a magazine} referred to as Kashmir Narrator, which has not been revealed for the final two years. Mir, Qadri and Abas write for native, nationwide and worldwide publications.
A senior official instructed The Indian Express that journalists had been questioned in reference to the publication of the weblog “Kashmirfight”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
