Witnesses said that forces beat many photojournalists working with different Srinagar based news agencies when they were performing their duties near the gunfight site in Fatekh Kadal area of Srinagar.

A Srinagar based photojournalist said that as the encounter was over, they were just clicking the photos of the gunfight site and suddenly a group of STF and SoG came and started beating them. Later a police party joined them and we all were beaten to a pulp,” he said and added that police also resorted to the aerial firing. The incident has resulted in injuries to many photojournalists.

“I was beaten by four policemen and the only thing I could only do was to save my camera, many of us have sustained injuries,” Vice President Kashmir Photographers Association told KL.