
Police Officials Snatch ID Cards of 3 Journalists Covering 8th Day of the Muharram Procession
Umar Farooq
It has come to the fore that as events unfolded on the 8th day of Muharram processions in Kashmir Valley's Srinagar, the Jammu Kashmir Police assaulted journalists who were covering the processions in the city.
As reported by The Kashmiriyat earlier, on Tuesday morning, the photojournalists who were covering the Muharram procession around Jehangir Chowk were assaulted. These included Waseem Andrabi, Sajad Hameed, Mehran Bhat and Burhan Bhat. It was reported that Sajad Hameed's equipment was damaged, too.
Later, in the afternoon, three Kashmir based journalists - Abdul Hamid Khan, Irshad Hussain and Basit Ali Rajput, alleged that their IDs were snatched by the police officials at around 3:15 p.m., while they were covering the Muharram procession.
The Kashmiriyat got ...