Unarmed civilians injured in Sopore’s Panjipora village on Tuseday after government forces interfered in an ijtima.
Local sources said that on tuesday, 19 Sept, people were supposed to offer zuhr prayer in the ground and an ijtima was to be held at panjipora village of sopore but no long before the people gathered, the government forces interfered, with almost 17 police vehicles they dispersed the public.The police fired Pellets and teargas smoke canisters on unarmed civilians, injuring many.
Locals alleged that government forces first damaged almost 18 bikes and then set them on fire during the raid. They further alleged that police damaged all the transformers in the vicinity and even the receiving station transformer was damaged leaving the village in dark. .