Home
Militants killing aftermath
Published on
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
7:41 pm
//
Kashmir
,
News Ticker
Lalpora erupts, Bunkers torched, scores of vehicles
damaged
Eyewitnesses told CNS that thousands of people from
Lalpora, Dardpora, Darpora, Redinag assembled outside police station Lalpora
where post mortem of seven slain militants was being performed. The protestors
staged a massive protest and amid pro-freedom slogans stormed into police
station, however, the police and CRPF personnel restored to intense aerial
firing and fired scores of tear-smoke shells which created panic in the area.
Eyewitnesses said that police station was completely
damaged by protestors while some of the policemen ran for cover.
Reports said that, the angry protestors resorted to stone
pelting and torched two bunkers outside police station. They stormed into
police station and attacked it from all the sides forcing some policemen to ran
for cover. The room of Station House Officer was completely damaged by
protesters. Protestors alleged that the slain militants were locals and
foreigners. They demanded the dead bodies of militants for burial.
During the clashes at least 16 persons including 4
policemen, 7 photo and video journalists and five civilians were injured. One
of the civilian Muhammad Mustafa Shah was referred to Kupwara District Hospital
for treatment. Reports said that additional reinforcement of police and CRPF were
rushed to spot to take stock of the situation.
Sources told CNS that in order to diffuse the situation;
local police contacted Auqaf Committee and handed over the bodies of militants
to them. Agitated protestors who were thousands in number participated in the
funeral procession and ultimately they were buried in local grave yard.
Authorities imposed severe restriction in and around
Lalpora to thwart possible protests. Deputy Inspector General Police North
Kashmir J.P.Singh said that all measures have been taken to maintain peace and
order in the area. “We are monitoring the situation minutely while police and
Para-military troopers have been deployed in the area to maintain law order,”
he said.
Pertinently, Army Monday claimed that it gunned
down top seven foreign militants in Dardpora Forest of Lolab region in North
Kashmir’s frontier district of Kupwara. Army said that the operation was
launched after intelligence inputs were received about the presence of
militants in the area. (CNS)
0 comments