Kathmandu, July 13 -- Suspiciously parked vehicles blocked the main gates of three major media organisations in Kathmandu on Monday morning, disrupting newsroom operations for several hours and triggering concerns that the coordinated act was intended to intimidate independent journalism.

The gates of Onlinekhabar atNew Baneshwar, Himalaya Television at Mid-Baneshwar and Kantipur Media Group at Tinkune were obstructed after vehicles were deliberately parked in front of their entrances before the drivers fled, according to eyewitnesses and media officials.

At Kantipur, security guard Ramesh Thuyaju said a man wearing a face mask and dark sunglasses arrived at around 7am and insisted on leaving a car directly in front of the main gate des...