J&K police issue show-cause notice to ‘The Wire’ for reporting on SPO’s killing, alleged encounter J&K police issue show-cause notice to ‘The Wire’ for reporting on SPO’s killing, alleged encounter The police alleged that two articles published by the news website were meant to ‘demoralise security forces’ working in the region. The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday served a show-cause notice to The Wire, asking the news website’s editor-in-chief to explain within a week why action should not be taken against the publication for allegedly misrepresenting facts and circulating concocted stories. The police took objection to two articles published on the website in June.