Hyderabad, Dec. 19 -- The Jammu & Kashmir police on December 17 seized the mobile phone of journalist Jehangir Ali, who works with news portal The Wire.

The police seized Ali's phone from his residence in the Badgam district of Jammu &Kashmir. Reacting to the incident, The Wire termed the action as an "attempt by the Jammu and Kashmir police and administration to intimidate its correspondent, which is emblematic of the systematic harassment of journalists in J&K."

The portal said that the police seized Ali's phone without giving a reason for the action and the details of an FIR, case, warrant or court order. "Contrary to directions issued by the Supreme Court to Central agencies and to universally accepted norms aimed at preserving the ...