Srinagar, July 16: Protests erupted in Gurez in Bandipor against continued atrocites and highhandedness of Indian army after a 45 year old teacher was beaten to pulp by the army personnel on Tuesday evening, July 15.
Mohammad Usman Baba, 45, of Nyle Gurez was beaten by an Indian army officer at Kanzalwan when he was extracting Zeera from his field. Local’s told meida men over phone in Srinagar that Baba was beaten for not carrying his identity card. “He had kept his identity card at home and for that he was beaten to pulp,” said Shamsdin Baba from Gurez.