Shujaat Bukhari News
Top Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist Naveed Jatt, wanted for the assassination of Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari, was shot down in a joint operation of security forces and local police on Wednesday.
Bukhari, the editor-in-chief of local daily Rising Kashmir, was assassinated outside his office at press enclave in Srinagar.
A senior police official released the names and pictures of four people who he said were involved in the June 14 murder of Syed Shujaat Bukhari.
Shujaat Bukhari, editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir, was killed on June 14, 2018, by three men outside his office at press enclave in Srinagar.
Last week, the UN released a first of its kind report on alleged human rights violations in both Kashmir and "Pakistan-administered Kashmir" and sought an international inquiry into these abuses.
The move comes after the Centre revoked the month-long suspension of a ceasefire in the state.
Bangalore or Srinagar, what has happened is a bloody quest for naked power.
The Centre's policy of month-long suspension of anti-terror operations in J&K during Ramzan has faced criticism.
Police have now described the killing of the veteran journalist as a 'terror attack'.
The senior journalist was shot dead in Srinagar by unidentified assailants on Thursday.
His statement comes in the wake of two sensational killings of rifleman Aurangzeb and journalist Shujaat Bukhari in Jammu and Kashmir.
'Rising Kashmir's latest edition hit the stands on Friday morning with its front page carrying the full-length photograph of its late editor-in-chief in black background.
Veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari was instrumental in organising several conferences for peace in the Kashmir Valley.
Senior journalist and Rising Kashmir editor-in-chief Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead in Srinagar by unidentified assailants.
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