Qazi Shibli- an editor with The Kashmiriyat has been summoned by the Cyber Police in Srinagar for unknown reasons. Shibli got a call from the Cyber Police station at around 2:15 PM on Thursday asking him to present himself in the Cyber Police Station in Srinagar on Friday.
Shibli pertinently was released recently post nine months of detention after he had broken a report on the heightened presence and deployment of Security troopers across Jammu Kashmir ahead of abrogation of Article 370 and 35A in August last year, he was shifted to Bareilly Jail in Uttar Pradesh.
The Kashmiriyat has recently relaunched its operations and we have been receiving massive support from readers worldwide. We are one of the fastest news organizations in Kashmir and have maintained the spirit of Free press guaranteed by the constitutional provisions. Qazi Shibli, our editor had recently got threat calls from some unknown numbers regarding one of the stories, published on The Kashmiriyat. He reported the incident to the Local Police officials.
We at The Kashmiriyat condemn these constant attacks on the fourth pillar of democracy and those who are trying to preserve the essence of it.
The Kashmiriyat team awaits our editor’s safe and secure return.