Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, May 5: A Police official engaged as PSO of a local Municipal Chairman, was arrested and booked for opening fire over alleged dispute with some youth for not wearing mask at a marriage function in Nowshera last night.
A police official told that a case (FIR No. 72/2021) under IPC sections of 307 and 336 has lodged against the cop identified as Avanish Sharma.
The SPO had fired in the air and there were no injuries to anybody, the official said.
However, many people who were present at the marriage function, objected to it and some also staged protest, demanding action against the cop who was on guard duty with Municipal Committee Chairman, Ravinder Sharma.
“The PSO has been arrested and further investigations are underway,” SDPO Nowshera Zakir Shaheen Mirza said. Locals have demanded stern action against the cop.
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