Kashmir journalist arrested under India's anti-terror law
ABC News
Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have arrested a young journalist on accusations of publishing “anti-national content,” in a widening crackdown against media in the disputed region
SRINAGAR, India -- Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have arrested a young journalist on accusations of publishing “anti-national content,” police said, in a widening crackdown against media in the disputed region.
Fahad Shah, the editor of news portal Kashmir Walla, was summoned for questioning at a police station in southern Pulwama town on Friday and later arrested there, police said.
In a statement late Friday confirming Shah’s arrest, police said he was identified among “some Facebook users and portals” that had published “anti-national content,” without specifying the content. It said such content was posted with “criminal intention to create fear among (the) public” and could “provoke the public to disturb law & order.” It also said such content was “tantamount to glorifying the terrorist activities.”
The case relates to a gunfight between rebels trapped inside a civilian home and Indian troops in Pulwama on Jan. 30. Police had said a Kashmiri rebel commander was killed in the fighting along with a Pakistani militant and another local militant. They described the fourth slain teenage boy, the house-owner’s son, as a “hybrid” militant, a term authorities began using last year for alleged militants with no police record and who operate as civilians.
