The Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday produced a charge sheet before the court of JMIC Sumbal against a journalist from north Kashmir’s Bandipora for allegedly “trying to disrupt peace and tranquility” in Jammu Kashmir.
The Police said that Sajad who is a Journalism student and freelances for various publications is “involved in tweeting fake news” in order to provoke people against the government.
In a statement, police issued to the press, “Sajad Ahmad Dar, son of Ghulam Muhammad Dar of Shahgund Hajin, runs a twitter account in the name of Sajad Gull is always in search of anti-government news and uploads tweets, which are not based on facts in order to provoke the people against the government and to spread enmity against the country among people”.
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Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, his family said that Sajad was picked up during a nocturnal raid in his house in Hajin by the Indian Army and later they got a call from the Police station Hajin that he had been lodged there. For Sajad’s family, the Army raid continues to be a riddle that they are trying to find answers to.
“Last year encroachment drive was carried out by the revenue department in his native village wherein he has instigated the locals against that drive and restrained the officials in discharging their legitimate duties,” Police said.
To this effect, a case under FIR number 12/ 2021 under section 147, 447, 336, 353/IPC stands registered against him and the final charge sheet against him has been produced before the court of JMIC Sumbal for judicial determination, police said.
“The subject has spread by virtue of his false tweets and fake narrative regarding the recent anti-militancy operation in Gund Jahangeer in which one local militant namely Imtiyaz Ahmad was killed thereby provoking the locals against the Army and Police. In this regard, a case under FIR number 79/2021 under section 120B, 153B, 505/IPC stands registered against him.
The brother of Sajad who spoke to The Kashmiriyat said that they went to meet Sajad who was locked up in a cell of the Police station. “Sajad looked pale. His condition, the first day we met him was fine, but he did not look fine on the second day,” he said.
It added, “The day when the most wanted militant Saleem Parray was killed in Shalimar Srinagar, Sajad uploaded the videos of anti-national slogans by some women folk, mostly relatives, at the residence of the slain in Hajin, thereby trying to disrupt the peace. His activities are prejudicial to the security and sovereignty of the country.”
The journalist always tweets controversial statements and after provoking the masses deletes the same tweets and thereby is involved in mischievous activities to disrupt peace and tranquility of the region, police said in its statement.