SRINAGAR: Journalists and owners of several newspapers and media houses Tuesday takes out a protest march to denounce the killing of Shujaat Bukhari, senior journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Rising Kashmir, and BJP leader Lal Singh’s threat.
The journalists assembled at Press Enclave here and marched towards Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower) Lal Chowk and held a silent-sit-in for half an hour.
They were holding placards which read: “journalism is not a crime; We will protest Shujaat’s killing even if we are alone in this,’ and Assassins of free thinking will never succeed.’
They demanded speedy prob into the the killing of Shujaat Bukhari besides asks establishment to take note of the threat issued by the BJP leader Lal Singh.
Bukhari was assassinated on June 14 by unidentified gunmen outside his office in Srinagar.
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