Pakistani Army Personnel Fleeing Protests Encounter Violence in northern India
by Komal KashyapPakistani military personnel faced hostility while attempting to evade protests in northern India’s Jammu and Kashmir, with one officer reportedly injured.
The incident took place at POK on May 11.
Visuals showed army personnel were fleeing from protesters who were trying to attack them, while chaos erupted on the streets.
One police officer was killed and over 100 individuals, primarily law enforcement personnel, sustained injuries during intense confrontations between security forces and demonstrators protesting against the elevated costs of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, according to media reports on Sunday.
The disputed territory experienced clashes on Saturday between the police and activists of a rights movement, coinciding with a wheel-jam and shutter-down strike across the region, as reported.
Mirpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kamran Ali informed that sub-inspector Adnan Qureshi succumbed to a gunshot wound in the chest while deployed with other police personnel in the town of Islamgarh to prevent a rally headed towards Muzaffarabad via Kotli and Poonch districts, organized by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC).