Shared News : All India | NDTV News Desk | Updated: June 14, 2018 20:02 IST
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Shujaat Bukhari was the editor of the newspaper ‘Rising Kashmir’ and was given police protection since an attack on him in 2000.
SRINAGAR: Senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead by unknown attackers in Srinagar on Thursday evening.
Shujaat Bhukari, the editor of “Rising Kashmir” was attacked when he had just stepped out of his office in Press Colony in the city. He was reportedly hit by multiple bullets fired at a close range. Two security guards protecting him were also shot at and are critical.
This is the first attack on a journalist in a long time in Kashmir and has shaken the entire fraternity.
“This is an attack on the freedom of press,” said Anuradha Jamwal, Executive Editor, Kashmir Times.
Shujaat Bukhari was given police protection since an attack on him in 2000.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed their shock on Twitter.
The attack took place hours after Home Minister Rajnath Singh held a security review meeting for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage that starts later this month.
Sources say Rajnath Singh’s peace initiative in Kashmir, a ceasefire, may not extend beyond Ramzan, which is expected to end with Eid tomorrow.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval indicated that the offer was only for Eid.
The ceasefire was seen to trigger a spurt in terror activities. Data collected by the home ministry indicates that terror-related incidents in the Kashmir valley have increased by more than 100 percent during Ramzan.
