Kashmir : Mentally deranged beaten up, police register case
Speaking to media, Superintendent of Police (SP) Sopore Harmeet Singh said that they have identified the persons who were trying to set ablaze Waseem Ahmad, a resident of Shrakwara area of Baramulla.
“He was surrounded by a mob of 500-800 people. They were trying to set him ablaze. Because of timely action by police, he was rescued and shifted to Srinagar in critical condition,” Singh said.
He said Ahmad is a resident of Shrakwara and also resides in Pothkhwa area of Nowpora village in Sopore.
“An FIR has been registered and we have identified some people after going through the videos that have come up on the social media in which they are seen trying to set him ablaze,” said Singh, adding that they will soon arrest them.
Singh also appealed to the public to not take law into their hands.
Earlier, clashes erupted in Fruit Mandi area after police rescued Ahmad.
Police lobbed several teargas shells to disperse the protesters who were pelting them with stones.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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