At the “Media Facilitation Centre” in Srinagar’s Sarovar Portico, three glum faces await the arrival of Rohit Kansal, Jammu and Kashmir’s Principal Secretary of Planning. The three individuals are the family members of 28-year-old Irfan Amin Malik, a Tral-based journalist working for Greater Kashmir, the largest circulated daily in Kashmir.
Malik was taken from his home by “security forces” on the night of August 14. According to his family, about 10-15 men from security forces came into Malik’s house at 11:30 pm and took him to the local police station in Tral, a sub-district in Kashmir’s Pulwama.
