Gunfire stops Valley cricket
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A J&K policeman has been suspended following a bizarre incident involving a cricket match, a group of students and men in khaki firing warning shots, triggering tension on the main campus of Kashmir University in Srinagar on Monday.
The policeman had fired warning shots in the air to scare away students playing a cricket match sponsored by the Army.
Officials said a few policemen on guard duty were injured but denied any student was hurt.
Officials said police officers and university authorities rushed in to prevent trouble from spreading. But they said the incident was 'negligible' and that the situation was immediately brought under control. “The matter has been resolved...,” the university said.
Witnesses said policemen guarding the vice-chancellor’s lodge fired in the air to scare away the protesting students. Imtiaz Hussein (name changed) said on the phone that while a Kashmir Premier League match between Kashmir Greats and Blossom Cricket Club was underway, a cricket ball drifted into the VC’s lodge area.
A player “went inside to fetch it but a policeman guarding the place objected to what he said was trespassing”, he said, adding the two had a heated exchange but the matter was sorted out, he said. However, later, policemen arrived at the scene and not only disrupted the game but also allegedly thrashed some players.
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