Monday, 17 March 2014 . Srinagar: The journalists covering protests in north Kashmir's Hajan town Monday has siad that Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)misbehaved with them and using them as human-shields during the protests and clashes.
One of the journalists, said: "There were intense clashes in the town and we went there to cover it. Once we reached near Hajan Bridge, the personnel of CRPF 45 battalion stopped us from performing our professional duty and misbehaved them."
"But, what they did later was surprising. They used three journalists among five as human-shields by pushing them in the middle by saying cover the protests now," he added.
The three journalists who were used as human-shields were identified as Sofi Ajaz of Times Now, Firdous Ahmad of IBN7 and Mir Aftab of Hind Samachar - who has also sustained minor injury.
The journalists also said that CRPF men forced them to delete the pictures. "They were anxious and asked us to delete the pictures which we clicked," a journalist said. GNSKDNN