Outrage as Kashmir
Times office sealed
Ashiq Hussain
letters hindustantines.com
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and
Kashmir authorities on Monday
evening sealed the Srinagar
office of Kashmir Times, one of
the erstwhile state's oldest and
prominent English language
newspapers, triggering outrage
in the Valley
Politicians termed the action
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Answers
Answer:
The Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Monday evening sealed the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times, one of the erstwhile state’s oldest and prominent English language newspapers, triggering outrage in the Valley. Politicians termed the action as the Central government’s effort to silence those speaking out and an attempt to muzzle press freedom in the region.
Explanation:
The sealing comes a week after a flat allotted to the newspaper’s editor in Jammu was allotted to the brother of a former legislator by the Jammu and Kashmir’s Estates Department.
“Today, Estates Deptt locked our office without any due process of cancellation & eviction, same way as I was evicted from a flat in Jammu, where my belongings including valuables were handed over to ‘new allottee’,” tweeted Anuradha Bhasin, 52, executive editor of the Kashmir Times.
“Vendetta for speaking out! No due process followed. How peevish!” she wrote..