In a swift action, police on Sunday arrested four people in connection with thrashing a journalist in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
In a handout issued to GNS, the police said that yesterday night, Shabraiz Bashir son of late Bashir Ahmad Party resident of Hamdanya colony Bemina, correspondent with the News Now, lodged a written complaint to the effect that on 23/07/2022 he was thrashed by four unknown persons in Bemina Chowk who fled away from the spot in a white Swift vehicle.
The police spokesman further stated that the assault resulted in injuries to the applicant. In this regard Case FIR no 71/22 U/S 341,323 IPC was registered in Police station Bemina and an investigation was taken up.
During the course of the investigation, efforts were made to trace out the accused, and CCTV footage, etc. were analyzed, the investigation led to the arrest of 4 persons, identified as Iqbal Saleem, resident of Hajjiabad Bemina, Mohammed Qasim, resident of Ferdous colony Bemina, Imran Manzoor, resident of Mansoor colony Bemina and Jahangir Ahmed Khan, resident of Firdous Abad Batmaloo.
Prima facie the case seems to be of road rage.
The investigation of the case is going on and further evidence is being collected.
Srinagar Police assures citizens that all such cases will be investigated with full professionalism, reads the statement.(GNS)