Kashmiri Photojournalist Thrashed, ‘Attacked with Sharp Object’ in Srinagar
Mehran Bhat
A photojournalist from Srinagar alleged being attacked by a Security guard in Srinagar's Hazratbal area of Sunday afternoon.
Ubaid Mukhtar, a photojournalist from Srinagar said that he was stopped by security guard in the Dargah campus of the Kashmir university in Srinagar and attacked with a "sharp iron weapon".
Speaking to The Kashmiriyat Ubaid said that he was asked to leave the campus when he was there for an Autumn shoot. "They asked me to leave the campus as it was not allowed to shoot inside the campus premises, i turned off my camera and left the spot," Ubaid said.
He said that when he was leaving the campus, a security guard shouted at him that all Journalists in Kashmir were propagandists. "'You are all thieves, we know you,' the Guard told me," Ubaid all...