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Kashmir police officer who keeps lecturing media assaults journalists doing their work

Three journalists covering the ongoing District Development Council elections in Kashmir were beaten up by a senior police officer on Thursday.

Fayaz Ahmad Lolu, Mudasir Qadri and Junaid Rafiq were reporting from Liver village in Anantnag when they were thrashed by the district police chief, senior superintendent of police Sandeep Chaudhary, who also snatched away their equipment….

Chaudhary’s assault on the journalists provoked outrage from political leaders as well as journalists in the valley. Former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti of the PDP and Omar Abdullah of the National Conference both condemned the attack…

https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/11/kashmir-police-officer-who-keeps-lecturing-media-assaults-journalists-doing-their-work