Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo was on Saturday stopped from flying abroad by immigration authorities at the Delhi airport who cited restrictions imposed on her by the Jammu ཧand Kashmir Police.
Officials in the Jamm♔u and Kashmir Police confirmed that Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo had been plac🐈ed on a no-fly list.
Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo was on Saturday stopped from flying abroad by immigration authorities at the Delhi airport who cited restrictions imposed on her by the Jammu ཧand Kashmir Police.
Officials in the J&K ♊Police confirmed that Mattoo had been placed on a no-fly list.
Ma🍌ttoo was on her way to Paris to attend a book launch event and participate in a photography exhibition when she was stopped by immigration authorities at the D🐎elhi airport.
She told PTI, "Whatever happened todꦐay was totally unexpected."
Mattoo said in a tweet♎ she was not given any reason for as she was stopped from flying abroad despite p🍷rocuring a French visa.
Earlier some Kashmir journalists, activists and academicians were s🌞topped at the airport.
Mattoo was awarded the Pulitzer prize in May along with Adnan Abidi, Amit Dave, and the late Danish Siddiqu🎃i of Reuters for their coverage of Covid-𝕴19 pandemic in India.
Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, was among those who reacte🦋d on social media. "Indiscriminate use of LOC (lookout circular). A tool to harass all critics of this regime," he said.
(With PTI inputs)