Shakil Ahmad Khan
Pampore, 14 September: JK Police/STF/CRPF later the evening ransacked the house of Writer-South Asia, editor Sheikh Gulzaar's residence on the Pampore by the CRPF/Police. The family accused the police of ransacked the our property and Van, from the house besides thrashing them and Sheikh Gulzaar seriously injured by troops.
Editor's Conference strongly condemn the targeting of the journalists in Kashmir and said that while the state government is brining ‘embedded journalists’ from New Delhi to report what the government wants them to report, the local journalists who portray the actual picture of the current situation in Kashmir are being deliberately targeted.
The Kashmir writers/editors Conference strongly condemns the attack on the Pampore residence of the South Asia Stragic Affairs editor of “Writer-South Asia” .
The Kashmir writers/editors Conference while condemning the attack has termed it as attack on the freedom of the press in the Kashmir which has been under attack from the armed forces since the present turmoil erupted in the Kashmir valley.
Residents of Namlabal and Kadalbal, Drangbal Pampore on Tuesday accused CRPF men of barging into houses and beating up the inmates.Two vehicles of Sheikh Ashraf, Sheikh Reyaz were completely damaged by the CRPF and near about 200 houses also ransacked by forces in Pampore area.
“CRPF men also barged into the house of late Hurriyat leader Shaheed-e-Azemat Sheikh Abdul Aziz and ransacked it. They also beat up the inmates and misbehaved with the women folk,” locals alleged.
(Writer-South Asia)
