Srinagar : Police have arrested two reporters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla for allegedly “misrepresenting” a hit-and-run case as a murder case.
Both the reporters have been arrested and a case under relevant sections of law has been registered in Sopore police station, sources said.
The police sources said on Wednesday Sopore police station received reliable information that media persons Mueeb ul Haq, a resident of Sopore, and Suhail Khan of Delina Baramulla have resorted to “wrong reporting” and have posted “frivolous news” on social media platforms by “misrepresenting” the hit-and-run case as a murder case.
The wrong reporting rapidly spread across the Sopore area and had all the potential to create law and order issues and hurt the sentiments of the people, besides raising questions against the investigation agency.
Police said one Dr. Azhar Janwari got injured in a hit-and-run case on November 5 and subsequently succumbed to his injuries on November 18 at Sher-e-Kashmir Institution of Medical Science (SKIMS) here.
The accused, identified as Nadeem Badam of Sopore, was traced by the police. He has confessed to the offence, the police claimed.
