Concerned over Budgam videos, CM seeks report from Police

Jammu/ April,14: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed concern and anguish over the surfacing of few videos reportedly from Budgam and has sought a detailed report from the Police in this regard. Meanwhile Official Spokesman refutes remarks attributed to CM by based Financial Express
Terming the display of acts in the videos as unacceptable, the Chief Minister has asked the Police to submit a detailed report about these incidents to her so that necessary action is initiated. It may be recalled that these videos, reportedly shot in Budgam district on April 09, have been in circulation in the social media for the last two days.
Meanwhile State Government spokesman has strongly refuted the remarks attributed to the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti in Friday’s web edition of New Delhi-based business newspaper Financial Express regarding a youth allegedly tied to a security forces vehicle in Budgam area.
“It is highly unfortunate, severely unethical and grossly irresponsible on part of such a prominent newspaper to attribute such sweeping remarks to the Chief Minister which she never made,” the spokesman said.
The spokesman said immediately after the news was circulated on internet, the matter was taken up by Director Information, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, with the editor of the Financial Express, who was, strangely enough, unable to justify the source of the unsubstantiated remarks attributed to the Chief Minister.
“There clearly seems to be some defined intention in attributing uncorroborated statement to the Chief Minister, and the management of the newspaper shall have to come clear on it,” he said and added that in the right spirit of the journalistic ethics, the reporter should have cross-checked the facts before rushing with the story.
Seeking an unconditional apology from the Editor of the newspaper for such a grave gaffe, the spokesman said the State Government would be initiating legal action on the matter.