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| Valley channels asked to play safe on content | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Aug 24
Virtually facing un-declared emergency in the valley, media persons both National and local were embarrassed with restrictions by the police and paramilitary personnel who refused to honour the curfew passes issued by the district administration.
The mediamen of valley have been reporting since the Kashmir conflict starts and most of them have scarified their lives while performing their official duties today faced wrath of security forces after they were thrashed insulted and even beaten with butts and belts
Over a dozen journalists, including Firdous Ahmed of News X, ETV cameraman Jahangir NDTV cameraman Aimar, photo journalist of Tribune Mohammad Amin War bureau chief of Sahara TV Bilal Ahmed Bhat, his cameraman Muzzfar Ahmed and Mukhtar Ahmed of Srinagar Mail were hospitalized after they were allegedly thrashed by the CRPF personnel at various places.
"I as beaten mercilessly by the troopers despite the fact that I have a curfew pass and I was on way to my office to perform my official duty", one of the injured journalists said.
Cameraman Waseem Andrabi was also stopped by the security forces at Dalgate when he was on his official duty. "CRPF personnel first asked me for the curfew pass and torn it" he reported adding the CRPF Jawan also dishonor the district magistrate and said who is he we don't know any DC.
The official spokesperson of CRPF, however, said that no order to restrict movement of media persons during curfew has been passed. "There is clear instructions that media persons should be allowed to move and work freely", PRO CRPF Prabakar Triparthy said.
The curfew was imposed in Valley on Saturday night in view of the scheduled march called by coordination committee of separatists group on Monday.
A massive show of strength was displayed by the separatist leaders at the Eidgah grounds here Friday, attracting tens of thousands in what turned out to be one of the biggest gatherings in Jammu and Kashmir's history.
Police has put several separatist leaders under house arrest so as to "foil their attempt to organize the March on Monday".
Masrat Alam and two other leaders including Shabir Ahmed Shah and Nayeem Ahmed Khan however evaded arrest as they were not present at their houses when security forces conducted raids.
Meanwhile, an official spokesman said here today that different channels on the local TV Cable Network being operated under Cable television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995 have been telecasting inflammatory news for quite some time. Notices had been issued to them not to telecast any such news or any other item which could vitiate the law and order situation and inflame passions with a view to fuelling public disorder. The managements of these channels were also invited to meetings and advised not to use their news and current affairs programmes etc. in this manner. However, the channels failed to comply with the directions and notices issued from time to time in this regard.
The spokesman said that the situation was carefully assessed by the Administration and it was felt that it had become absolutely imperative to take action under law against these channels in the larger public interest and for maintenance of public order.
It is in this context that the District Magistrate, Srinagar, in exercise of powers under Section 11 (1) of the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995 has issued orders to stop with immediate effect, the telecasting of all news and other items which are inflammatory in nature and thereby disturbing the peace and tranquility of general public.
However, they have been allowed to run the usual entertainment programmes as permitted by the Act.
The spokesman made it clear that the Government has not imposed any restriction on the transmission of any national or international channel whose transmission is allowed in the country. |
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