Agencies
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police has registered an FIR
against Special Police Officer (SPO) who opened fire on
demonstrators at Lethpora on Srinagar-Jammu national highway
resulting in death of a youth and injuries to two others last night.
The SPO has been taken into custody, official source said. They said
a guard of Additional Deputy Commissioner, (ADC) Ramban, opened
fire on demonstrators who had blocked the highway at Lethpora last
night causing injuries to three persons.
The injured were rushed to hospital where one Farooq Ahmad
Kuchay was declared dead while another Suhail Ahmad has been
admitted to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in a critical
condition.
They said an FIR has been registered and guard has been taken into
custody. People were protesting on the highway alleging that
security forces and state police personnel beat up locals, ransacked
their houses and also damaged window panes and parked vehicles.
They said protests were going on when the vehicle of ADC,
Ramban, passed the area. Later the residents staged night-long
protest on the highway alongwith the body of Farooq.