Jammu, September 11
The police has registered an FIR against two Army officers and some “unidentified” soldiers for allegedly attacking policemen and ransacking the GRP police station at the Kathua railway station on Monday.

Around six policemen were injured, one of them critically, when Army men allegedly assaulted the men in khaki for beating up one of their colleagues over a trivial issue. Two FIRs were registered against the Armymen this morning.

“The FIRs have been registered against Lt-Col MU Khan, and Capt Tyagi and some unidentified soldiers under Sections 148, 307, 364, 452 of the IPC for attacking cops, ransacking the police station and kidnapping one of our men,” Superintendent of Police GRP Shiv Kumar told The Tribune. He said no arrest had been made so far, but the police would approach the court to arrest the accused involved in the incident.

On Monday evening, the policemen deployed at the Kathua railway station reportedly had an altercation with a soldier, Deepak Kumar, who was on his way to his native place. The policemen allegedly took the soldier to a nearby post and beat him. Some other policemen also joined in and gave a severe thrashing to the solider. While policemen were beating up the soldier at the police post, another solider informed his colleagues at the nearby Army formation about the incident.

Within no time, his colleagues reached the GRP police station and attacked the policemen. The cops manning the police station had to run for shelter. Only Ghulam Nabi (Munshi) and Jarnail Singh (guard) were left in the police station. The soldiers allegedly gave a severe thrashing to Jarnail Singh. He had to be admitted to the Kathua hospital.

“Army men kidnapped Ghulam Nabi at gunpoint and it was only after the intervention of the SSP, Kathua, that the kidnapped policeman was rescued,” said SP (GRP). “If there was some problem, the Army officers should have informed us,” he said. 

Two FIRs were registered against the Armymen, including a Lt Col, Capt

Six policemen were injured in the clash@@z No arrest so far