FIR register against more than 40 soldiers over vandalising police station in J&K
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An FIR has been registered against the 40 Indian Army personnel including over allegedly vandalising a police station and assaulting police officers in Jammu and Kashmir, as per reports.
The Army personnel has reportedly been identified as Colonel N Arun Gandhi, commanding officer 17 Rashtriya Rifles, Major Vikas Sharma, Naib Subedar Shankar Gurkhe, and other 30-40 unidentified army personnels.
The Army personnel are alleged to have stormed the Atholi police station of Kishtwar district after an Assistant Regional Transport officer (ARTO) seized an Army vehicle.
The reports suggested that the troops were armed with lathis, iron rods, and service weapons, entered the police station forcefully and police officers including ARTO and his Personal Security Officers (PSOs) were assaulted by the army.
A case was registered under the charges of attempted murder and destroying public property against troops, as per reports.
Meanwhile, the Army has said that they will cooperate with the investigation.
Police named Vijay Kumar Bhagat, Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) and Special Police Officer, Suresh Kumar of the police station, were among those allegedly assaulted by troops, the report cited.
