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| Newspapers' offices raided in held Kashmir |
| 2002-06-23 |
| The offices of three Urdu dailies and a weekly were raided today in Srinagar and their staff, including a ruling National Conference MLA, Abdul Gani Naseem, paraded before informers. After the searches, the building housing the offices of Daily Morning Times, Daily Wattan, Daily Vaath and the weekly Ahtesabthe were sealed. Naseem is printer, publisher and editor of Daily Morning Times. During the raids, carried out by the Border Security Force (BSF), workers were directed to sit on the road for identification by "cats" (security force informers). Looking for thugs and spies masquerading as reporters? A Daily Wattan employee, who was picked up during the identification, was later let off after an hour. The newspaper is owned by former militant leader turned NC legislator Javid Ahmad Shah. However, Shah was not in office at the time of searches. Indian security forces also raided another office in the same building and took some people into custody. Guess Shah was tipped off by Mahmud the Weasel... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |