IOK Journalists in Delhi raise money for Kamran's bail bond

IOK Journalists in Delhi raise money for Kamran's bail bond

ISLAMABAD:Kashmiri journalists working in Delhi and one based in Doha have joined hands to raise money needed for surety bond for the release of illegally detained Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yousuf on bail.

Thirty-four Kashmiri journalists working in Delhi and one based in Doha came together to raise fifty thousand rupees for the surety bond for Kamran Yousuf.   

Kamran Yousuf has in Delhi’s infamous Tihar Jail since September 5 last year after his arrest by India’s National Investigation Agency from his home in Pulwama district.

A Delhi court granted bail to him on Tuesday, dismissing the NIA’s claims that he was involved in stone-pelting and subversive activities in occupied Kashmir and granted him bail on two surety bonds of fifty thousand rupees each. APP/AFP