Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 23: Stone-throwing clashes between protesters and police erupted in busy Batamaloo area of city this afternoon soon after a youth was allegedly beaten to pulp by an officer of Traffic Police.
Reports said a youth, Nasrullah Mir, son of Abdul Razaq Mir, resident of Bonpora locality of Batamaloo, who was driving a Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) here entered into an argument with a Traffic Sub-Inspector.
“Within no time, the officer started to thrash the youth and he fell unconscious. The nearby shopkeepers and pedestrians assembled at the spot and started protests against the cops,” the witnesses said. The youth was immediately hospitalized but his condition is stated to be stable.
As the protests erupt in the area, the shopkeepers pulled down their shutters and police used canes to disperse the agitators. The youth pelted stones on cops ensuing clashes between the two sides. Police lobbed teargas shells towards the stone-throwing youth and as a result the trade and transport activities came to standstill for nearly 30 minutes in the area.
A police officer, meanwhile, told Excelsior that the youth, Nasrullah, tore the uniform of the Sub Inspector and subsequently cops also took action against him. “He was not thrashed to pulp as is being alleged,” the officer said.He aaded that to control the situation police lobbed some teargas canisters and added that order was restored after few minutes in the area.
A police spokesman said here this evening that today, during checking by Traffic Police, one person Nasrullah Mir son of Abdul Razaq resident of Bonpora Batamaloo was stopped by Traffic Cops at Kaman Post, Batamaloo and was asked to show the documents of his vehicle.
“During the checking, he physically assaulted Sub Inspector Farooq Ahmad who suffered grievous injuries. The injured S.I. was shifted to Hospital. Nasrullah Mir also got some minor injuries and was shifted to Hospital where his condition was stable. A case FIR No. 46/2016 has been registered into the matter in Police Station Batamaloo and investigation has been taken up”, police spokesman added.
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