Srinagar: In occupied Kashmir, a local photojournalist was injured after being hit by a teargas shell fired by Indian forces during funeral procession of the martyred youth in Bijbehara areas of Islamabad district.
Kashmir Life photo chief, Bilal Bahadur was injured while covering the funeral procession on Monday morning.
He was accompanied by other photojournalists as well. Bilal informed media that Indian police directly fired teargas shells at Bilal Bahadur as he was covering the funeral procession of the martyred youth in Bijbehara.
Another photojournalist confirmed that Bilal was shot at despite showing his camera to the Indian forces. “The incident occurred just outside the Bijbehara hospital.â€
Kashmir Press Photographers Association in a statement strongly condemned the targeting of photographer Bilal Bahadur by police. The photographer was injured after policemen directly fired tear gas shell towards him while he was covering funeral procession in Bijbehara. KPPA demanded that police should take action against the personnel who fired the teargas shell directly on him.
Meanwhile, the vehicle of another journalist, Saahil Suhail was damaged in the same area.
