: Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul charged with criminal conspiracy, press body condemns arrest #IndiaNEWS Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul has been arrested and booked under criminal conspiracy and other

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Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul charged with criminal conspiracy, press body condemns arrest #IndiaNEWS
Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul has been arrested and booked under criminal conspiracy and other charges days after he posted a video of a family shouting anti-India slogans after their kin was killed in a gunfight in Srinagar, The Kashmir Walla reported on Friday.Gul, a student of journalism who works at the The Kashmir Walla as a trainee reporter, was also charged under sections 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), and 505B (fear or alarm to the public) of the Indian Penal Code.The video posted by Gul had shown protest against the killing of alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Salim Parray. He was gunned down on Monday in Harwan area on the outskirts of Srinagar. Minor protests had taken place after his killing in Hajin, in north Kashmir.Gul was detained on January 5, his brother told The Kashmir Walla.Several people, including former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, condemned the police action.Mufti said on Twitter that radicalised groups who are openly calling for genocide of Muslims were roaming free while Kashmiri journalists who were reporting on “state-sponsored� human rights violations were being jailed.“Laws too have been communalised,� she alleged. There is a different set of laws applicable to J&K vis a vis rest of India. Radicalised groups openly calling for genocide of muslims are roaming free...Read more

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