Srinagar, Sept. 22 -- Kashmir Editors Guild has expressed anguish and pain over the reported abuse of journalist Auqib Javeed by the cyber cell of police in Srinagar.

Auqib, an accredited journalist, had been summoned over a story that was published by an on-line news portal in Delhi.

The Guild, in a press release here said though the responsibility of the report published rests mostly with the publisher, the "raw deal" that Auqib Javeed got post-summoning does not suit any decision-maker.

Auqib, in his first-hand account published by the website, has said that he was slapped and abused. He also said that on the basis of a phone call from the cyber cell, the website editor did acknowledge certain issues with the report and rectified it...