Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 26: Police today arrested a Sarpanch and launched a hunt to nab his two sons for allegedly assaulting woman who is battling for life in SKIMS hospital in Srinagar.
Sources said Sarpanch Asham Sonawari in district Bandipora, Ghulam Nabi Anbar and his two sons Fayaz Anbar and Mushtaq Anbar attacked a woman during a scuffle between two families. The incident occurred after a poplar tree during the process of hacking damaged some fruit-laden trees of one Abdul Qayoom Bhat. The Sarpanch and his sons reportedly attacked Qayoom and his mother after they raised objection about the wanton cutting of poplar trees.
The woman was seriously injured as she was beaten by the two sons of Sarpanch. She has been shifted to SKIMS. Police have registered a case.
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