A security guard was injured after Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel mistook him for a militant and opened fire on him in Banihal area of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night. The incident triggered protests in the area.
Sources said that Showkat Ahmad Nayak, son of Gulam Nayak, resident of Chapnari Banihal was injured after SSB personnel posted at an under construction railway tunnel, five kilometres from Banihal, fired at him around 10 pm.
Nayak, according to sources, is posted as a security guard with a construction company.
As the news of his injury spread, people took to streets and staged protest demonstrations.
Meanwhile, Nayak was shifted to Banihal hospital where he is being treated for shoulder injury.