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Kashmir: Stopped at checkpost, angry armymen beat 6 policemen in Ganderbal

The infuriated soldiers also ransacked the Gund police station in Kashmir

Security personnel, Srinagar, Kashmir Valley, Valley, Tral, Pulwama District, South Kashmir, Kashmir, Indian Army, Army

Security personnel stands guard during curfew in Srinagar on Sunday. Authorities imposed curfew in the parts of Valley following the killing of a top militant commander at Tral in Pulwama District of South Kashmir on Saturday. Photo: PTI

IANS Srinagar

Six Jammu and Kashmir policemen, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector, were on Saturday beaten up by some soldiers in civvies in Ganderbal district, police sources said.

The soldiers were returning after performing the Amarnath Yatra, when they were signalled to stop at a check post by the policemen in Gund area, 62 km from here.

"The infuriated soldiers then thrashed the six policemen and also ransacked the Gund police station," the sources said.

The injured were admitted to hospital.

When asked whether an FIR had been registered in the incident, the police sources said the Army has ordered a probe into the incident. Other legal formalities would follow, they said.

 

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First Published: Jul 22 2017 | 12:24 PM IST

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