J&K HC asks govt to take action against news channels creating ‘hysteria’ in state

“He (Faesal) has been pushed to the edge by it (the hysteria). If he resigns, then he would be pushed to the other side of the divide,” the bench said.

In the article, Between the studio and the street, which appeared in The Indian Express on July 19, Faesal wrote, “In the last few years, a section of the national media has been misrepresenting the idea of India in Kashmir, as part of a business strategy. It has also been projecting lies about Kashmir to rest of the country.”

Faesal, currently posted as director, school education, had also written a Facebook post slamming TV news channels. “By juxtaposing my photos with the images of a slain militant commander, a section of national media has once again fallen back upon its conventional savagery that cashes on falsehoods, divides people and creates more hatred,’’ he wrote in the Facebook post.

The court also took cognizance of the use of pellet guns by security forces in the Valley.

“In Haryana or in Gujarat, where governments faced huge protests and public property was damaged, the government exercised maximum restraint. You can think about discontinuing its use as it is a huge problem,” the bench said.