Pancheri villagers protest, seek probe by SIT in murders

Excelsior Correspondent

Villagers protest, seeking probe by SIT in murder cases at Pancheri.  -Excelsior/Vasu Gupta
Villagers protest, seeking probe by SIT in murder cases at Pancheri. -Excelsior/Vasu Gupta

UDHAMPUR, Feb 2:  Up in arms against Police failure to solve the series of murder case,   villagers of   Pancheri and Lander areas held a strong protest   demonstration in front of the Tehsil Office, here today.
The protesting villagers raised slogans against Police and demanded constitution of a Special Investigating Team to look into all the murders, which took place in the area since 2008.
Even as MLA Udhampur Pawan Gupta and SDPO Gourav Mahajan personally reached the spot and tried to pacify the protesting villagers, the latter refused to lift the dharna till a formal announcement for constitution of the SIT.
The protesting villagers were addressed by Sarpanch Dhanote, Jeevan Sharma and Sarpanch Lander, Rajinder Kumar, who led the demonstration.