KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Intense clashes erupted in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday morning after forces resorted to ransacking.
Kashmir Life received scores of calls from residents of Kuensoo and Ashtango detailing the morning raid and ransacking by men in uniform.
“Around 11:30 AM today, Rashtriya Rifles, police and CRPF men came in around 13 vehicles,” a resident of Kuensoo told Kashmir Life over phone.
“They damaged private Vehicles, entered Masjids, residential houses damaging their window panes and doors,” the locals aid wishing anonymity for obvious reasons.
He said that the forces entered at least three Mohallas of the village including Mirpora, Kawpora and Wadipora.
“People came out of their homes and started protesting against the highhandedness of the forces,” he added, “but they fired pellets, tear gas shells and beat up people ruthlessly including women.”
The locals said that over two dozen people were injured in the forces action and they are being shifted to Sopore and Bandipora hospitals while as many are being treated locally.
Meanwhile, when news spread that forces had raided Kuensoo, people from nearby Ashtango came out of their homes and started protests.
“The forces resorted to intense tear gas shelling when they reached Ashtango,” a local said. “Youths resorted to stone pelting and clashes erupted.”
