Srinagar/Sept,11: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured help in the case of photojournalist Kamran Yousuf arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Sources said that some senior Kashmiri journalists raised the issue of Yousuf’s arrest with Singh after he concluded his press conference in Srinagar earlier today.
They said that Singh directed MoS in Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh to look into the matter.
Sources said that the journalists asked Singh that local police could have questioned Yousuf if he was accused of stone-pelting charges.
Yousuf was arrested by the NIA on September 5 for his alleged involvement in stone-pelting protests.
He was remanded to 10-day NIA custody by a court in Delhi.
