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Kashmir photojournalist booked for 'anti-national' social media post

The development comes close on the heels of police summoning senior journalist Peerzada Ashiq, working for a national daily, over a story he had filed recently

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Ashiq was summoned by the police on Sunday in two different districts of Kashmir. Representative Image

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
A woman photojournalist working in Kashmir was on Monday booked for allegedly posting anti-national content on social media with the "intention to incite the youth and promote offenses against tranquillity," police said.

The development comes close on the heels of police summoning senior journalist Peerzada Ashiq, working for a national daily, over a story he had filed recently.

"A case has been registered against Masrat Zahra for uploading anti-national posts with criminal intention to induce the youth and promote offenses against tranquillity," a police official told PTI. The police officials, however, refused to comment any further on the FIR registered

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