[Reader-list] 1 incident & 4 newspaper versions (in Kashmir - where else)

[Aalok Aima]

i am sure there is a Doctoral Thesis to be found in "Prejudiced Reporting and Interpretation of News & History in Kashmir" (would need a more impressively academic sounding title)
 
here are 4 versions of the same incident with 2 conflicting "eyewitness" accounts:
 
 
1. "Kashmir Images" version:

" Meanwhile, police spokesman said a shopkeeper identified as Arif Ahmad Bhat, son of Mohammad Ahsan, resident of Akhan-Anantnag, was “beaten to pulp by miscreants at Chini-Chowk, Anantnag, for not observing the shutdown.”
He said the shopkeeper was rescued by the police, and shifted to hospital where he said his condition is stable."
http://dailykashmirimages.com/Details.aspx?Id=5395&CatNewsId=19
2.  "Kashmir Observer" version:

"The street battles continued for several hours, leaving several persons injured.
The injured included two policemen, Mukhtar Ahmad and Muhammad Arif, and a 16 year-old student, Arif Ahmad Bhat. The student was rushed to the district hospital, but doctors there referred him to the SKIMS in Srinagar because of his critical condition."
http://www.kashmirobserver.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6270%3Apitched-battles-in-anantnag-after-arrests-10-injured-&catid=15%3Atop-news&Itemid=2
3. "Greater Kashmir" version:

"One of the critically injured persons, Arif Ahmad Bhat S/O Muhammad Ahsan Bhat of Akhran, a tea stall owner, who according to eyewitnesses was mercilessly thrashed by forces, was referred to SKIMS. Police claimed that he was injured by a stone. However, doctors in SKIMS Srinagar said that Arif was assaulted. “He has sustained grievous head injury due to the alleged beating,” said Medical Superintendent SKIMS, Dr Amin Tabish, adding that Arif has to undergo surgery."
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2010/Nov/24/protests-in-islamabad-35.asp
4. "Kashmir Dispatch" version:

"A youth identified as Arif Ahmad, son of Mohammad Ahsan Bhat received head injuries when a trooper allegedly hurled a stone at him near Lal Chowk. The injured youth was rushed to SK Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar for specialized treatment. However, the Srinagar based police spokesperson said, Arif was beaten by miscreants who were enforcing a shutdown in the area, he refused to close his shop which led to an argument and subsequent beating by the miscreants"
http://www.kashmirdispatch.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=781:clashes-break-out-in-islamabad-6-hurt&catid=132:headlines&Itemid=636
the "eyewitnesses" of Kashmir Dispatch report that Arif Ahmad received head injuries "when a trooper ..... hurled a stone at him" .......... but the "eyewitnesses" of Greater Kashmir report that Arif Ahmad "was mercilessly thrashed by forces"
 
........... aalok aima