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Srinagar: A court has ordered the Jammu and Kashmir police to file an FIR against Zee News, News18 and other unnamed editors and anchors of TV news networks who falsely labelled a teacher of an Islamic seminary in Poonch as a ‘Pakistani terrorist’ after his tragic demise during the India-Pakistan military conflict last month.

The court of sub-judge Shafeeq Ahmed on Saturday (June 28) observed that the apology by the accused “does not cure the mischief” caused by their “irresponsible reporting” during a period of heightened tensions in Jammu and Kashmir after India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ against the terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied J&K.

The court asked the J&K police to register an FIR under Sections 353 (2) (public mischief), 356 (defamation) and 196 (1) (promoting enmity between different religious groups) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, along with section 66 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (dishonest or fraudulent act using computer).

The FIR has been ordered against “certain news anchors and editorial personnel of national television media houses namely........

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