#SecurityStandoff: Army and Police Clash Raises Concerns in Kupwara

Police in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district have booked army soldiers for allegedly barging into a police station and assaulting cops, even as the army has termed the report as “incorrect”. As reported by The Indian Express, police have invoked IPC sections relating to rioting, robbery, kidnapping, and attempt to murder against the army personnel. The FIR, registered at Kupwara police station, invokes the following IPC sections — 186 (voluntary obstruction of public servant in discharge of public duty), 332 (voluntarily causing harm in order to deter public servant from doing…

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