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Scribes for fair inquiry into Iftikhar case

A team of journalists met Union Minister of State for Home I.D. Swami on Friday in connection with the arrest of the journalist son-in-law ...

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A team of journalists met Union Minister of State for Home I.D. Swami on Friday in connection with the arrest of the journalist son-in-law of Hurriyat leader Ahmed Shah Geelani, Iftikhar Geelani, and demanded an open and fair probe into the case.

The journalists submitted a signed petition to the Minister demanding transparency in investigations.

Iftikhar, bureau chief of Jammu-based Kashmir Times, was arrested from his house on Sunday.

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