Around half a kilometer away from Jammu and Kashmir police headquarters in Srinagar, several photojournalists were beaten and threatened by uniformed men on Thursday afternoon. The photojournalists were covering separatist leaders comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik’s detention outside the residence of Geelani on Srinagar Airport road.

Senior photojournalist of Agence France Presse (AFP), Tauseef Mustafa whose photo showing a police officer holding his throat while pushing him away went viral on the Internet, said he was doing his job professionally when the police assaulted him.