Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 3: Police today registered a case against a blog for threatening 39 journalists and political activists whose names were published in Kashmirfight blog.
Police said a case was registered after they came to know that some propagandist material is being uploaded and circulated through a website URL https//Kashmirfight. WordPress.com.
Those who were threatened included 27 journalists and 12 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.
The list was published on the blog a week after killing of advocate Babar Qadri. The publishing of the list has caused fear psychosis among journalists and activists. The IGP Kashmir told Excelsior that Police will provide them security cover if they ask for.
These posts uploaded on the said URL are prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty of country and maintenance of peace and tranquility as the handler of the blog is propagating secessionist and militant related ideology with the intention to achieve goal of separating UT of J&K from Union of India.
“Not only this, list of political, media persons and public figures and also posts of Lashkar-I-Islam are uploaded with the intention to create fear psychosis among individuals”, Police said.
Police said that website publishing material with an aim to disrupt peace in Jammu and Kashmir. “The website/URL is run as a propaganda tool against lawful actions and policies of Government with aim to disrupt peace and thus provoking common people for illegal activities”, police added.
Police Station Kothibagh, has taken cognizance into the matter and a case (FIR No. 82/2020 U/S 13 of UA(P) Act r/w 506 IPC) has been registered and investigation has been set into motion.
Police has cautioned general public not to pay any heed to such derogative posts and importantly not to share further such posts and become a mode of transmission of such unlawful posts which may earn legal consequences.
“The instant case has also sent a resounding message across the circles of such elements, propagandists and criminals that whatsoever may be level and degree of their evil planning they cannot escape from the clutches of law enforcing agencies,” the statement reads.
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