Kupwara, Apr 12 (KNS): A woman was hit by bullets in Langate tehsil in Kupwara district has been referred to Srinagar for treatment.
Medical Superintendent Sub district hospital Handwara, Dr Abdul Rouf told KNS that a woman, Raja Begum, in her fifties, wife of Mohammad Jamal Mir, was admitted into the hospital after she was hit by bullets. She has been shifted to Srinagar.
A police official in Handwara told KNS that Raja Begum was in her vegetable garden in Kargam village, 2-km from Handwara town, when a stray bullet hit her as protests were going on in Handwara town.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Handwara town is on boil after two youths have been allegedly killed by today afternoon during protests against the alleged molestation of a woman by an army man. (KNS)