Srinagar: The Senior Superintendent of Police of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district was removed by the government on Monday over a raid on a newspaper office.
Police had raided the offices of Greater Kashmir, the largest circulated daily in the Valley, on Saturday around 1 am, the newspaper had said.
They had arrested three of its employees, seized printing plates and confiscated thousands of copies of the newspaper, officials of the daily said.
The action coincided with what local reporters called a media gag in the Valley as newspapers were asked to suspend printing and distribution. For three days newspapers have not been sold in most parts of the valley - a move that local journalists have described as an attack on press freedom.
"There was no ban on newspapers, there was some miscommunication. Papers can publish. In the age of globalisation, there is no question of imposing ban," he said.
Government officials had said the clampdown on newspapers was to ensure that the curfew in place for the last 10 days in the Valley was not violated.
Police had raided the offices of Greater Kashmir, the largest circulated daily in the Valley, on Saturday around 1 am, the newspaper had said.
They had arrested three of its employees, seized printing plates and confiscated thousands of copies of the newspaper, officials of the daily said.
The action coincided with what local reporters called a media gag in the Valley as newspapers were asked to suspend printing and distribution. For three days newspapers have not been sold in most parts of the valley - a move that local journalists have described as an attack on press freedom.
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"There was no ban on newspapers, there was some miscommunication. Papers can publish. In the age of globalisation, there is no question of imposing ban," he said.
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Government officials had said the clampdown on newspapers was to ensure that the curfew in place for the last 10 days in the Valley was not violated.
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