Srinagar Jan 17 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday lodged an FIR against a TV channel for showing two innocent students as militants.
A police spokesman said that pictures of Farhan Shafi a Class 12 student and Farhat Rashid a diploma holder were telecast as militants in place of a dead militant Farhan Wani.
Farhan Wani was killed in a gunfight with security forces in Larnoo village on January 9.
"The news channel on the same day showed both the innocent youths as militants. A case has been registered and investigation has started " an officer said.
--IANS
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