Four journalists roughed up by police while covering encounter in Pulwama

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Four photo and video journalists were allegedly beaten and their cameras were snatched by J&K Police personnel when they were covering an encounter which broke out in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday morning.

The Kashmir Press club (KPC) has condemned the police action.

One of the journalists who was beaten by police personnel at the encounter site in Braw Bandina area of Awantipora in Pulwama said that he had reached the spot around 10 am and while he was doing his job, J&K policemen came and started beating the journalists who were present on the spot.

“My cameras were taken away by the police men and were returned after an hour. We kept telling them we are doing our job, but they didn’t listen,” he said.