Scribes condemn BSF attack on magazine office

By Shujaat Bukhari

SRINAGAR, AUG. 12. Srinagar-based working journalists have strongly reacted to the attack on the office of the mass- circulated Urdu weekly Chattan here by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Saturday evening. Two of the staffers were injured in the attack. One is still in BSF custody.

Condemning the BSF action, the journalists have termed it as yet another assault on press freedom.

``It is nothing new in Kashmir but to make the weekly a target is worth condemnation'' a senior journalist said adding that a probe should be ordered into the incident.

Though the BSF authorities denied any deliberate intention in attacking the office, the magazine's Chief Editor, Mr. Tahir Mohiuddin, said it was unwarranted. A highly respected journalist, Mr. Mohiuddin was himself dragged out of the office and severely thrashed.

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