Murder of
Shujaat Bukhari of Rising Kashmir, has shocked everyone. He is not the first journalist
who has been killed by unidentified assassins in Kashmir. But, so far, none of them have been caught
The murder in broad daylight of senior journalist
Shujaat Bukhari, editor-in-chief of the English daily Rising Kashmir, has shocked the entire media fraternity in the Valley—and has them wondering whether the killers will ever be brought to justice.Bukhari is not the first journalist who has fallen to the bullets of unidentified assassins in Kashmir. So far, none of the killers has been cuaght and punished.The first media person to be killed in Kashmir was Lassa Koul, director of the local Doordarshan Kendra. Koul was kidnapped and subsequently killed in early 1990.
The Special Operation Group of JK Police claimed to have eliminated the " acting chief" of the pro-Pakistan 'AL-Fatha Force' identified as
Mushtaq Ahmad Lone @General Mossa' in an counter with the SOG. Even as none of the militant organisation said anything about the man or the incident, some of the some of the journalists here claimed that Mr. Lone was not a militant but "printer, publisher and editor of vernacular weekly "
Wehdat-e-Milli". JK Police have recovered from his person an identity card which described the deceased as "printer, publisher & amp; editor " of the Urdu weekly.
More details at: http://writerasia.blogspot.com/2011/08/mushtaq-ahmad-lone-editor-wehdat-e.html
In April 1991, Muhammad Shaban Vakil, editor of the vernacular daily Al-Safa, was killed in his office in Srinagar city.
In September 1995,
Mushtaq Ali, a photojournalist with the AFP wire service, was killed in a parcel bomb explosion in the office of Yusuf Jameel, the then BBC correspondent in Kashmir. A burqa-clad woman had delivered the parcel bomb at Jameel's office in Srinagar's Press Enclave.
On January 1, 1997, Altaf Ahmad Faktoo, an anchor of the local Doordarshan Kendra was killed.On March 16, 1997, freelance journalist, Saidan Shafi was killed in Srinagar.
In February 2003,
Parvaz Muhammad Sultan, who ran a news agency, was killed in his office, again in Srinagar's Press Enclave.
In March 1996,
Sheikh Ghulam rasool Azad, editor of the Urdu-language daily
Rehnuma-e-Kashmir and the English-language weekly
Saffron Times, was found dead on April 10 floating in Kashmir's
Jhelum River. He had written about an increase in killings and arson incidents his hometown, Pampore. Family members say a militia group backed by Indian state security forces had kidnapped him in March.
In 29 August 1994,
Ghulam Muhammad Lone and his 4 year old son reportedly killed by ARMED FORCES, in Kangan, Jammu and Kashmir.
In 29 April,2004, Asiya Jeelani, a freelance journalist, was killed in a mine explosion in India-controlled Kashmir, while working with the
Coalition of Civil society to prepare a report on its election monitoring activities.
In February 2003,
Parvaz Muhammad Sultan, who ran a local news agency, was killed in his office, again in Srinagar's Press Enclave.
