Kashmiri journalist Khalid Gul arrested: Report
The seasoned journalist was held in a 2017 case, the Kashmir Walla reports.
Khalid Gul, a journalist from South Kashmir’s Anantnag, was arrested by the police on Tuesday, the local news website Kashmir Wallah reported quoted unnamed officials.
Gul, who has worked for leading newspapers including Greater Kashmir, was reportedly arrested in a case registered in 2017. He was among the n nearly 20 journalists in the valley whose homes were searched by the police in the wake of threats issued to Kashmiri journalists last month.
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