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| Nine prominent journalists killed in 18 years of militancy | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | May 11
The killing of a photojournalist of a leading Jammu and Kashmir newspaper on Sunday while covering an encounter between militants and security forces brings to nine the number of prominent newspersons killed in the state in the last 18 years of militancy.
Ashok Sodhi of the 'Daily Excelsior', who was covering a shootout between security forces and militants in Samba district, was killed when a bullet fired by ultras pierced his head. Another senior journalist who fell victim to militancy was radio journalist and assistant director of Doordarshan Lassa Koul, who was shot dead by militants in Srinagar in 1992.
His death was followed by that of ANI photo journalist Mustaq Ali in a parcel bomb explosion on September 7, 1995.
Two other journalists, Yousef Jameel of the BBC and Habib Naqash of the Asian Age escaped with injuries in the blast.
On January one, 1997 Doordarshan journalist Altaf Ahmed Faktoo was shot dead in Srinagar.
On March 16, the same year Doordarshan part-time journalist Saidian Shafi was shot dead along with his body guard in Srinagar.
This was followed by the killing of Hindustan Times photo journalist Pradeep Bhatia in a landmine blast in Srinagar on August 10, 2000.
Parvaz Mohammad Sultan, editor of a local newsagency, was gunned down by Hizbul Mujahideen militants in 2003.
Senior reporter of information department Abdul Majid Bhat was killed in a blast in Doda town on May 9, 2004.
Another scribe Asiya Nabi was killed in a landmine blast in Kupwara on April 20, 2004.
Besides them, over 18 journalists have been injured during militancy. Some of the prominent journalists who escaped with injuries in bomb explosions and attacks include Zafar Iqbal (NDTV), Zaffar Mehraj, Yousef Jameel, Habib Naqash, Tauseef Mustafa, Muzaffar Salam and Shahid Rashid. |
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