Even as the authorities claimed to have issued a few curfew passes to media persons in Kashmir, police on Friday severely beat up senior journalist Riyaz Masroor, working with the Urdu service of BBC, outside his Alocha Bagh residence in Srinagar.
“I received a phone call from the Information Department this morning asking me to come and collect the fresh curfew passes. As soon as I reached near the main road, policemen stopped me and beat me up ruthlessly,†he said. He said he has received multiple injuries and his left arm has been fractured in the assault, the Hindu reported.
Journalist bodies have condemned the attack on Masroor.
