Case Update Status

FIR registered, no one arrested yet.

Summary of Case

"On May 19, 2022 bureau chief of daily Jammu Kashmir, Junaid Ansari was attacked by unknown persons when he was returning from press club to his home in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir. Junaid Ansari told PPF that he got minor injuries, the attackers wanted to shoot him but fortunately he escaped from the scene. The attackers were unidentified. I was working on corruption stories and recently highlighted corruption in Mirpur University of Science and Technology, encroachment operation and Mirpur development authority for which I received threats from all of the management of these departments, Junaid added. Amir Mehboob, chief editor of daily Jammu Kashmir told PPF that Junaid must be attacked because of his news stories as he don’t have enmity with anyone. Junaid is a sensible writer and highlighted major issues of Mirpur, Amir added. Station House Officer (SHO) Imtiaz Shoukat told PPF that police is investigating the case and will find the clue in some days till then they cannot share any information. Zafar Mughal, president of Mirpur press club told PPF that Junaid Ansari was attacked because of his news stories."

Category of Incident

Assault

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0201- Assaults and threats

ICCS Group: 02011- Assault

ICCS Class: 020112- Minor assault

ICCS Crime: Assaults and threats

Reported By

Twitter

Date of incident

19

Month

May

Year

2022

Name of affected person

Junaid Ansari

Other affected persons

No other person affected

Name of affected organization

Daily Jammu Kashmir

Other affected organizations

No other organization affected

Action by

Unidentified

City

Mirpur

Province

Jammu and Kashmir

Designation

Bureau Chief

Professional category

Journalist

Age of victim

46

Marital Status

Compensation Details

Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation announced

Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date compensation paid by others: No compensation announced

FIR Details

Was FIR registered ?: Yes

Date of FIR:

FIR Details: FIR number 166/2022

Police station of FIR: City police station Mirpur Azad Kashmir

Name of complainant: Junaid Ghafoor

Name of accused in FIR: Unidentified

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: No

Court where case was presented: Case was not presented in any court

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case was not presented in any court

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Case was not presented in any court

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

N/A

APNS

N/A

CPNE

N/A

PBA

N/A

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

N/A

Employer organization

"Amir Mehboob, chief editor of daily Jammu Kashmir told PPF that Junaid must be attacked because of his news stories as he don’t have enmity with anyone. Junaid is a sensible writer and highlighted major issues of Mirpur, Amir added."

Press Club Status

Press club 1: Zaffar Mughal, president of Mirpur press club told PPF that Junaid Ansari was attacked because of his news stories

Press club 2:

Press club 3: