J&K Police Register Case After Video Showing Soldiers 'Beating Up' Civilians In Srinagar Goes Viral
The video shows two soldiers pulling out the driver of a pick-up carrier. Another civilian is seen trying to intervene. A third soldier then rushes in and is seen hitting the civilian.
J&K Police registered a case on Monday after a video clip went viral on social media purportedly showing soldiers beating up civilians in Srinagar's Nowgam area, PTI reported. The Chinar Corps unit of the Army is ascertaining the authenticity of the video clip.
"A video has gone viral on social media showing altercation between IA and civilians. Chinar Corps is checking the veracity of the video. Prima facie it appears to be an old video, deliberately posted to tarnish the image of Armed Forces," an Army official said in a tweet.
The video shows two soldiers pulling out the driver of a pick-up carrier. Another civilian is seen trying to intervene. However, a third soldier rushes in and is seen hitting the civilian on the head with a stick.
There was no mention of the video on the official Twitter handle of Chinar Corps.
Meanwhile, Srinagar Police said the incident took place on Monday at Nowgam chowk and a case was registered, PTI reported.
"On Monday afternoon, an incident came to notice wherein some Army personnel in uniform reportedly beat up a civilian, while other personnel present also got involved in a minor fight at the Nowgam chowk," the Srinagar Police said in a statement.
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"On receipt of this information, cognisance of incident was taken and a case under FIR number 116/2022 under sections 323, 341 of the IPC was registered at the Nowgam police station. Investigation has been taken up," police said.
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) spells out the punishment for voluntarily causing hurt, whereas section 341 talks about the punishment for wrongful restraint.
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