Srinagar,
Oct 18: Seven persons were injured when security forces allegedly opened
fire to disperse demonstrators, protesting against fresh incident of braid
chopping in south Kashmir on Wednesday, official sources said. They said
people, including women and youths, hit the streets at Wullarhama, Pahalgam,
about 100 km from here in south Kashmir, protesting against the administration
and police, demanding immediate arrest of all those involved in braid chopping
in the state. The demonstrators, who had blocked the main road, alleged that
three masked men chop braid of a woman in the area on Wednesday morning.
However, they alleged that when locals were chasing the miscreants involved in
the braid chopping, they disappeared when security forces coming from the same
direction stopped them (demonstrators). Alleging that security forces were
shielding the miscreants, the demonstrators clashed with the security forces
who fired in the air to disperse them. Later security forces opened direct
firing in which seven persons were injured. The injured have been rushed to
hospital, where they are reportedly out of danger. Massive protests are going
on in the area as people from adjoining village also joined the demonstration,
demanding action against the security forces. Senior civil and police officials
have rushed there, sources said. UNI
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