Jammu and Kashmir: 5 cops injured as army soldiers 'thrash' cops inside police station in Kupwara

Srinagar: At least five policemen, including an officer, were injured after soldiers allegedly barged into the police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district and "beat up" the cops, official sources said on Wednesday.

Both police and Army have maintained a silence over the incident.

However, sources said the incident took place last night after a team of Police Station Kupwara during investigation of a case raided the house of a Territorial Army jawan at Batapora Kupwara.

They said after the police team returned from the village, a team of soldiers from the unit of Territorial Army in the middle of the night barged into the police station and beat up the cops including the Station House Officer.

“Five cops including an officer were injured in the incident,” the sources said, adding four cops were shifted to Srinagar for treatment.

They said the condition of all the injured is stated to be stable.

The sources said that a policeman was taken by the army and released after 3 am.

Srinagar-based defence spokesman said he would comment only after getting details.

There has been no statement from police on the incident so far.