Threats – Journalists

The knock on the door is more intimidating for journalists living and working away from Srinagar. On March 25, 2019, two policemen landed up at the residence of Khalid Gul, Greater Kashmir Bureau Chief in south Kashmir. Wearing civil dress, they carried with them a summons against him regarding his report about an attack on a local politician two days before . Gul, along with all other journalists, had reported the incident but he was hauled up and made to explain why he had termed it as a ‘militant’ attack. He said that the police forced him to record a statement. Other reporters say that officials do not receive their calls or give them official statements, thus impeding their filing stories.