Srinagar, Sep 09: A day after police raided the residences of four journalists in Srinagar police on Thursday stated that the involved persons would be arrested when the evidences are collected in the case.
In a statement issued to media, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar said four scribes are being questioned by police and would be arrested “after collection of solid evidences."
Kumar denied it to be an issue of harassing journalists but a due process of law is being followed while investigating a sensitive case.
In a statement, IGP also advised the media fraternity not to spread false news or narrative which may amount to unnecessary interference in investigation of the case.
As per the police spokesman, during the course of investigation of case FIR No. 82/2020 of Police Station Kothibagh, credible evidence was found which links the accused persons with the mastermind who is behind the blog kashmirfight@wordpress-com.
"The accused including Mir Hilal son of Ghulam Ahmed Mir resident of Bemina (Journalist- TRT World), Mohammed Shah Abbas son of Abdul Khaliq Shah resident of Yaripora, Anantnag A/P Rajbagh (Freelance journalist), Azhar Qadri son of Farooq Ahmed resident of Bemina (Journalist-The Tribune) and Showkat Motta son of Abdul Samad Motta resident of Lalbazar (Was editor-in-chief of The Narrator & currently working at a wholesale shop)," the statement said.
Police said on the basis of evidences collected, searches were conducted on Wednesday at four different places after obtaining proper search warrants from the competent court of law.
"During the searches conducted so far, some mobile phones, laptops and other gadgets were seized," the spokesman said.
The spokesman further added that for the purpose of investigation, all the above four persons were called for questioning and were allowed to go in the evening and have been directed to present themselves on Friday again.
The investigation is in progress and the scrutiny of electronic gadgets is also going on. So far various numbers of Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi have been found, besides they are also found to have been in contact with various virtual numbers.