Case against TV channel for shows students as ultras

SRINAGAR: The J&K Police on Wednesday lodged an FIR against a TV channel for showing two innocent students as militants. A police spokesman said pictures of Farhan Shafi, a Class 12 student, and Farhat Rashid, a diploma holder, were telecast as militants in place of a dead militant, Farhan Wani.

An encounter took place between security forces and militants at Larnoo village of Kokernag in Anantnag district on January 9 in which one militant, Farhan Wai of Hizbul Mujahideen, a resident of Wanigund, was killed, a police spokesman said.

“The channel on the same day telecast a news (report) wherein they have shown both the innocent youth (Farhan Shafi and Farhat Rashid) as militants,” the spokesman said.

Police took cognisance of the matter and registered a case in this regard, he said, adding that an investigation was initiated.