Two TV news channels blacked out, protests grip Jammu

Senior Aaj Tak correspondent Ashwini Kumar and NDTV cameraman Darshan were injured in the police action which took place outside the offices of the two channels — Takel and JK, journalists said.

Both were hospitalised, they added.

Army was called out in Gandhi Nagar area, where a protest rally was also held, to restore calm.

“The two local news channels were forcibly closed down by the authorities,” Manu Shrivatas, president of the Press Club of Jammu, told reporters.

“Siege was also laid at offices of Amar Ujala and Daink Jagran, the two Hindi dailies,” he said.

No Government official could be reached for comments on the blackout of the TV channels and sealing of offices of the dailies where a heavy posse of policemen was stationed.