National News

ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (APP): The personnel of Indian police and
paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force attacked and damaged the
house of a senior photojournalist and harassed the inmates in
Srinagar.
The armed personnel barged into the house of
photojournalist, Danish Ismail, in Firdousabad locality of
Batamaloo in Srinagar and ransacked the house besides abusing and
harassing the inmates including his wife and daughter, KMS
reported.
“I was not at home when forces attacked my house. The
forces’ personnel threw stones at my house and also damaged my
car. It was a joint team of police and paramilitary Central
Reserve Police Force. My wife fainted,” said Danish. He said that
his daughter was shivering due to the fear. “I took my daughter to
hospital for treatment, she is still shivering out of fear,”
Danish said.
He said that a police officer had warned him not to cover
protests in Batamaloo.
Reports said that policemen misbehaved with photographers
and hurled abuses at them in the area.
“We went to the area to do our professional duties, but
policemen misbehaved with us. Some policemen also tried to hurl
rocks at us. It was a terrifying situation,” a group of
photographers told media.
Kashmir Press Photographers Association in a statement
strongly condemned the attack on Danish’s house and the
misbehaviour of armed personnel with the photographers.
Aijaz Ahmad Dar, a video journalist, was injured while
covering protests in Wathoo village of Shopian in South Kashmir,
the other day.