Police books blogger for threatening scribes, others

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 28: Police today registered a case against a blogger for threatening dozens of persons including journalists and political activists whose names were published in Kashmirfight blog and appeared in Whatsapp groups.
Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told Excelsior that a case (FIR No. 41/2021 u/s 13 UA (P) Act, 506 IPS in Police Station Kothibagh) was registered after they came to know that some propagandist material is being uploaded and circulated through a website URL https//Kashmirfight. WordPress.com and was circulated on social media platforms.
Those who were threatened included two dozen persons including journalists and political activists whose names appeared in Kashmirfight blog. The names Shujaat Bukhari and Babar Qadri who were killed allegedly by militants also appeared on the same blog before their killing.

Last year, a similar cases (FIR No. 82/2020 U/S 13 of UA(P) Act r/w 506 IPC) was registered in Police Station Kothibagh, against the same blogger for threatening over three dozen journalists and activists.