J&K govt replaces CRPF with state armed police in Shopian

September 12, 2013 20:44

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar reports:

The state government has ordered the replacement of the paramilitary, central reserve police force personnel with Jammu and Kashmir armed police in the Gagran camp of south Kashmir Shopian district immediately.

This decision follows days of protests against the killing of four youth in a firing incident on Saturday, hours before the high profile Zubin Mehta concert at the Shalimar garden.

The CRPF personnel of the camp again fired at a protesting mob on Wednesday afternoon killing a 25-year-old youth and wounding eight others. The locals of Shopian had been demanding the shifting of the camp from the area.

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