Skip to content

IGP issues advisory to media men: ‘Don’t carry any live coverage of encounters, L&O situation’

REPORTED BY

IGP issues advisory to media men: 'Don’t carry any live coverage of encounters, L&O situation'
IGP issues advisory to media men: 'Don’t carry any live coverage of encounters, L&O situation'

Bars media persons from coming closer to encounter sites, says don’t interfere in professional, bonafide duty of police, forces at encounter sites

The Kashmir police chief, Vijay Kumar on Wednesday advised media persons not to carry any live coverage of encounters and Law and Order situation, asking them not to interfere in professional and bonafide duty of police and security forces at encounter sites.

ALSO READ: Mamata Asking Muslims To Vote For Her, Reflects Minority Votes Slipping Away: PM Modi

Inspector General of Police (IGP) while talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) advised media persons not to come closer to the encounter site and law and order situation and do not carry any live coverage of any encounter and L&O situation.

ALSO READ: Tragic, after being raped, this young girl was tied up and beaten by villagers

“The freedom of speech and expression is subject to reasonable restrictions that should not violate other people’s right to life guaranteed under Article 21 or putting the national security in jeopardy,” Kashmir Police chief said.

ALSO READ: Saffron Production Declines, Fields And Growth Shrink In Kashmir

“Do not interfere in professional and bonafide duty of police and security forces at the encounter site, he said.

ALSO read: What did opposition leaders say about ‘mistake’ of Nirmala Sitharaman’s ministry

No operational content should be carried which is likely to incite violence or contains anything against maintenance of L&O or which promotes anti national sentiment,” IGP further said—(KNO)

ALSO READ: Foreign Ministers Of India And Pakistan Will Be Face To Face At Afghan Meet Today

You can connect with Ground Report on FacebookTwitter and Whatsapp, and mail us at GReport2018@gmail.com to send us your suggestions and writeups

Story of Indian coin Hunters who fish for Coins to survive in the Ganges

https://www.groundreport.in/story-of-indian-coin-hunters-who-fish-for-coins-to-survive-in-the-ganges/

Author

About
Ground Report

We do deep on-ground reports on environmental, and related issues from the margins of India, with a particular focus on Madhya Pradesh, to inspire relevant interventions and solutions. 

We believe climate change should be the basis of current discourse, and our stories attempt to reflect the same.

NEWSLETTER

Subscribe to get weekly updates on environmental news in your inbox.

More Like This

Support Ground Report

We invite you to join a community of our paying supporters who care for independent environmental journalism.

When you pay, you ensure that we are able to produce on-ground underreported environmental stories and keep them free-to-read for those who can’t pay. In exchange, you get exclusive benefits.

mORE GROUND REPORTS

Environment stories from the margins

LATEST