Jammu, Dec 03: Six civilians were injured, when security forces fired to disperse a mob protesting the arrest of a village head in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir last evening, official sources said. A patrol party of security forces arrested numberdar of village Kothra, Manzoor Hussain for allegedly being involved in militancy in Darhal belt of Rajouri district yesterday, the sources said here today. In protest against the arrest, the people of Darhal belt staged a demonstration and during a rally clashed with security forces last evening, they said. The mob resorted to stone pelting, the sources said adding that to disperse it security forces fired some rounds resulting in injuries to six persons. The injured were hospitalised, they said and pointed out that district authorities today ordered a magisterial probe into the incident, as per the demand of the people of the area.
Bureau Report