Srinagar, Nov 08 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Young Journalists Welfare Association (JKYJWA) has strongly condemned detaining and thrashing by police of a young reporter in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district
Owais Farooqi, a reporter who works for English daily Kashmir Reader from north Kashmir, said that he was detained by police when he was performing his professional duties in Gulshan Chowk in the district where protests were held against the killing of Gowhar Ahmad Dar, who was killed on Saturday in Srinagar outskirts here.
In a statement JKYJWA strongly condemned the thrashing by police of a young reporter.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel“It is an assault on freedom of press. Journalists report truth. But in conflict truth is the first casualty. Earlier, police and security forces have beaten up journalists as per their will. And without any action against those police men who thrash and detain journalists,” the statement of the association said.
The young journalists demanded a fair probe into the thrashing of the reporter and action from the police against its men who detained and thrashed him. (KNS)