The Jammu Kashmir Police on Saturday said that Fahad Shah is wanted in three cases for glorifying terrorism, spreading fake news & inciting the general public for creating Law and order situations.
In a tweet, the Jammu Kashmir Police said that FIR No. 70/2020 of PS Safa Kadal Srinagar, FIR No. 06/2021 of PS Imam sahib, Shopian are registered against Fahad Shah and he has currently been arrested in FIR No. 19/2022 of Police Station Pulwama.
Pertinently Fahad was arrested on Friday afternoon by Jammu Kashmir Police in Pulwama and subsequently booked in FIR number 19/2022 registered in Pulwama Police station under sections 13 UAPA (punishment for unlawful activities), IPC 124 A (sedition) and IPC 505 (intent to incite).
It is pertinent to mention that journalist Fahad Shah was called in for questioning on January 31, along with journalist Majid Hyderi, in connection with a case registered following an encounter in Pulwama, wherein the forces had claimed that four militants had been killed. Apparently, the two were summoned for “incorrect reporting.”
Fahad Shah’s magazine The Kashmir Walla had reported the version of the family, who on record, claimed that their son Inayat killed during the encounter in Pulwama on January 30 was innocent and not a militant, a claim which was denied by Jammu Kashmir Police.
A member of The Kashmir Walla confirmed the arrest to The Kashmiriyat over the phone and said Fahad had been summoned by the Police. “He left the office around 4 p.m. and did not come back. We have not been formally told of the charges yet,” he said.