Attacks – Journalists

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. All three of them work for TV news channels. Fayaz, a seasoned journalist, reports for ETV Bharat, Mudasir for News 18 Urdu, and Junaid for TV9 network.