Srinagar, August 26, 2014: Ayoung Kashmiri journalist, who also reports for IBNS news agency, has said that he has been harassed by a top ranking Indian Army officer for revealing the sources of his news gathering.
Saleem Iqbal Qadri, who as a correspondent reports for IBNS on all events of Jammu and Kashmir, said that Indian Army official is forcing him to reveal his news sources to them.
He said he was continuously asked on his mobile phone to provide them details of some news story sources he did. "I received many phone calls from 22Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army camp located at Pazalpora in Sopore of Baramulla district and the caller who identifies himself as a top ranking Army officer is forcing me to name my sources from whom I obtain news information. I didn't oblige simply because I can't reveal the names of persons who provide me details about any happening," Qadri said.
The scribe said that it is against the ethics of journalism to reveal the source of information.