Close on the heels of Hanjura case, it seems newsmen are fast becoming soft targets besides punching bags in Kashmir.
On Friday, as scribes and photojournalists reached Old Srinagar"™s Nowhatta area to cover the signature Friday protests, some men, believed to be"henchmen" of some political party started blaming journalists for"triggering" chaotic situation in Nowhatta every Friday.
As photojournalists were discharging their duty, some of these men showed up in Nowhatta square and started beating Kashmir Life"™s Photo Chief, Bilal Bahadur, besides his other colleagues.
"I along with my colleagues was preparing to return office when some men started blaming us for fanning the protests in the area," Bilal Bahadur said."And then suddenly, one man hit me on my face. I was down on the road. In between, another person started kicking me without listening anything from me."