Army Personnel allegedly thrash 7 cops in Kashmir, complaint filed

Army personnel allegedly thrashed seven Jammu and Kashmir policemen at a checkpoint in the state's Ganderbal district on Saturday, the police said.

Police have filed a case against the Army personnel, an official said, adding that records kept at a police station were also damaged during the incident.

But What Happened?

Army personnel wearing civilian clothes were returning in private vehicles from the Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra. They were signaled to stop at the Sonamarg checkpost, but they didn't comply. This prompted the policemen at the checkpost to send a message to the next checkpost at Gund to stop the vehicles, said the official.

At the Gund checkpost, the policemen did not let them proceed further as the cut-off time



for yatra vehicles had already passed. Police told the army men that there were strict directions not to allow any movement of yatra vehicles as that could put them at risk. But, the army men called their colleagues from the 24 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) unit, who reached the spot and allegedly thrashed the policemen, said the official.

The Army men also barged into the Gund police station, ransacked it, damaging the records kept there, and assaulted the on-duty policemen.

Seven policemen, including an assistant sub-inspector, were injured and taken to hospital, the official said.

The police have registered a case against the personnel attached to 24 RR, he said.

Senior army and police officials have rushed to the spot to investigate the matter.