“They (Army) have also ordered an inquiry into the incident and assured that action will be taken against the erring personnel”, IGP Kashmir told this newspaper.
However, the Army men in civvies without showing any identification came down from the vehicles and started thrashing the on-duty officer and other officials, resulting in injuries to said ASI. “At Gund these vehicles were again stopped by SHO Gund and his men and were taken to the police station in order to avoid any ugly scene on roadside”.
The soldiers were returning after performing the Amarnath Yatra, when on Friday evening they were signalled to stop at a check post by the policemen in Gund area, 62km from here.
“About 30 more army men reached the spot”.
The police said that the vehicle carrying personnel of the 24 RR were stopped as part of a routine check.
According to Indian Express, the soldiers – travelling in four different vehicles – escaped forcibly from the naka point and raided the police station. “Seven cops including two officers were wounded into the attack”, Khandey said. Due to recent attacks, it was not feasible to allow any yatris after cut off time.
“The Army personnel then roughed up the policemen on duty”, they said.
The policemen were saved by locals.
A case has been registered by the police and senior army and police officials are investigating the matter.
A case has been registered against the army soldiers at police station Gund and investigations have been taken up, a police official said. No major injuries were suffered in the incident.
The armymen allegedly damaged desktops and laptops at the police station, besides tearing off the Daily Diary (DD), they said. These men while over ruling the orders of the police stepped the barricades and moved towards their destination.
Kalia said measures to prevent recurrence have been taken.
Both police and army are facing a tough task of monitoring the unrest and bring the region to normalcy.
“J&K; Director General of Police S P Vaid has taken up the incident with General Officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lt Gen J S Sandhu”, he said.