Fahad Shah

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed several charges including that of terror conspiracy against an editor of a news portal while granting him bail after 21 months in jail.

The case against arrested journalist Peerzada Fahad Shah and Kashmir University scholar Abdul Ala Fazili was probed by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), which successfully brought it up to the stage of framing charges, an official said.

The official said the searches were conducted at the office of 'The Kashmir Walla' in Rajbagh and at the residences of Fazili in Humhama and arrested editor Fahad Shah in Soura.

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) condemned the arrest of the Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah and demanded his immediate release.

A local court in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday remanded journalist Fahad Shah, arrested for allegedly glorifying terrorism among other charges, to a ten-day police custody.

Fahad Shah, editor of news portal, The Kashmir Walla, has been arrested for sharing "anti-national" content on social media, a police spokesman said.

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed several charges including that of terror conspiracy against an editor of a news portal while granting him bail after 21 months in jail.

The case against arrested journalist Peerzada Fahad Shah and Kashmir University scholar Abdul Ala Fazili was probed by the State Investigation Agency (SIA), which successfully brought it up to the stage of framing charges, an official said.

The official said the searches were conducted at the office of 'The Kashmir Walla' in Rajbagh and at the residences of Fazili in Humhama and arrested editor Fahad Shah in Soura.

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) condemned the arrest of the Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah and demanded his immediate release.

A local court in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday remanded journalist Fahad Shah, arrested for allegedly glorifying terrorism among other charges, to a ten-day police custody.

Fahad Shah, editor of news portal, The Kashmir Walla, has been arrested for sharing "anti-national" content on social media, a police spokesman said.