The government of Jammu and Kashmir has banned the movement of media-persons, following strict curfew restrictions in Srinagar and other towns, said a report in the Hindu.

The police and security forces have been instructed to not allow any journalist to move in the city and the authorities have cancelled the curfew passes issued to media-persons. A senior officer on condition of anonymity told The Hindu that this decision has been taken at the highest level.

The CRPF and police personnel stopped several media persons including correspondents of a news channel who were on way to the offices to report the day's events. “I was stopped while on my way to office and CRPF personnel told me that no media-person will be allowed to move around”, said A. M. Sofi, bureau chief of PTI. He said that strict orders have been issued to restrict the media from gathering information and reporting. Another news channel crew was stopped at Sonwar. Sources said that two employees of Information department were also thrashed by CRPF while they were on way to pick up their officers.

Zaffar Ahmad Bhat, director of information, confirmed that curfew passes issued by the District Magistrate have been cancelled.