Charges Against Kashmir Times “Absolutely False, Fabricated”; Modi Regime Intolerant of Criticism

Defending her paper, The Kashmir Times, its Executive Editor, Anuradha Bhasin, has said that the litany of charges brought against her paper by the Special Investigation Agency of the Jammu and Kashmir police, when it raided the paper on Thursday, are “absolutely false, absolutely fabricated”. She said reports that several arms and weapons were found in the newspaper’s premises are “completely fabricated”. She suggested that this claim has been trumped up to provide an excuse for the raid. Amongst other things the paper has been accused of disseminating terrorist and secessionist ideology; spreading inflammatory, fabricated and false narratives; disturbing peace and public order and challenging the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.