Protest against atrocities in Srinagar
Srinagar, January 14 : People staged a sit-in protest against the atrocities of 
police and Indian paramilitary forces in Srinagar. Indian police personnel barged into the house of one Ghulam Muhammad Baig at Barzulla in Srinagar and inhumanely tortured his son Waseem Ahmad Baig .
Scores of people staged protest against the police action at Press Enclave in Srinagar and sought action against the accused cops.
“Police ransacked our house and thrashed my family members without any provocation,” said Ghulam Muhammad Baig who was among the protesters.
“A police party barged into my house and severely thrashed the inmates. My wife, Aisha, son Bilal Ahmad Baig and a daughter sustained serious injuries,” said Ghulam Muhammad Baig who was among the protesters.
He said his son Bilal Ahmad Baig has lost one of his kidneys in police firing on civilians during 2010 unrest. “My younger son Waseem Ahmad Baig was falsely implicated in stone pelting cases. However he was acquitted of all charges many years ago. From past few days, police is looking for Waseem. Today police crossed all limits by ransacking our house and thrashing my family members,” Waseem’s aunt Hameeda said.
A police spokesman said a police party had gone to Old Barzulla to arrest a stone pelter. “The family got engaged in verbal duel with police. We will look into the allegations of the family,” the police spokesman said.
Police during house raids beat up several women including hurriyat activist Bilal ahmad, reports said.
Meanwhile, the Indian Army is carrying out a kind of census in many parts of Kashmir, with troops moving from door to door to collect details about households.
The residents of Bandipora, Baramulla and Badgam districts, told media men that the army men were collecting information about the locals. The information includes names of people in a particular household, their professions, age and other details, they said.
A group of residents from Badgam localities, where army men had conducted the exercise, said that they were asked to fill the forms furnished by the troops. They stated that the forms were being handed over to the village heads, who in turn were asking people to fill them as soon as possible. “The troops asked us to fill in all the details including our cell-phone numbers,” they added.