July 10, 2010 12:31 PM

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Case against channel for instigating violence in Valley

<br/>The Jammu and Kashmir Police today registered a case against a private television channel for allegedly instigating violence in a district in south Kashmir by running incorrect news about the death of a person in the Police firing.<br/><br/>An FIR was filed in main Pulwama town police station against NewsX channel and its correspondents for running wrong news about the death of a youth in the Police firing despite repeated assertions by the Police that no such incident had taken place.<br/><br/>The news led to an angry protest in the district leading to imposition of curfew in the area again this morning besides leaving some security personnel injured in stone-pelting.<br/><br/>District officials had to go round the town announcing that no one was killed.<br/><br/>The TV channel later aired an apology for running the news.

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