Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 9: Police have registered a case in connection with the alleged stabbing and harassment of a girl belonging to the minority Sikh community and studying at a university in south Kashmir, and started questioning the suspects.
The girl, studying at the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora, in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, has alleged she was stabbed by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants last week. The girl, a resident of Tral, also alleged that a group of students, including a woman, put pressure on her to offer prayers during the fasting month of Ramzan and "mentally tortured" her for the past one month to "convert". "A case has been registered and investigations taken up," a police official said. "Some of them have been detained. We are questioning them," the official added, refusing to share further details. Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police SP Vaid confirmed that the police were investigating the matter.
"Case registered. Suspect has been identified and being questioned," Vaid wrote on Twitter. |
