KWJA expresses concern over police harassment of journalists
Srinagar: The Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) has expressed concern about the repeated incidents of harassment and thrashing of journalists by the police.
The KWJA said that a young journalist, Kaiser Andrabi was thrashed inside police station Fateh Kadal on Friday- second such incident in the past two weeks,
The scribe, the KWJA said, had gone there to collect his identity card, which was withheld earlier that day during a routine checking of motorcycles at a police checkpoint.
The officer and his subordinates at the police station, as per Andrabi, humiliated him for his attire.
“They slapped him which led to bleeding of lips and beat him with rifle butt as well. He was also forced to sign a blank document and threatened that a case would be registered against him,” a statement issued by KWJA said.
“This approach is condemnable and action should be taken against the police officials involved in this incident,” it added.
The journalist body said it would approach the Press Council of India and international journalism rights bodies regarding “repeated assaults on journalists in Kashmir”.
