Jammu And Kashmir: 2 People Shot Dead At Army Checkpoint In Rajouri

NEW DELHI: In the early hours of Friday in the Rajouri district of Jammu & Kashmir, two people were killed and another injured after an Army sentry allegedly opened fire on them.

Both of the deceased were Phalyana locals in Rajouri.

There is a canteen inside the army barracks, and it looked that the guard had fired, according to SSP Chowdhary Mohammad Aslam, the chief of the Rajouri district police.

Following the fatalities, villagers protested, some of whom turned to throw stones, according to SHO Rajouri inspector Fareed Ahmad, and some even stopped the Jammu-Poonch highway.

The two killed adolescents were employed by the army as porters, according to an army officer. The injured person has been admitted to the hospital and is stable.

Senior authorities from the police and civil administration had arrived to handle the situation.

According to a local, at around 6:15 am, three young people who regularly went to the army canteen around 5 or 6 a.m. were being fired upon by the sentry as they approached the Alpha gate. Three of them were murdered immediately, while the third is fighting for his life in the hospital.

Residents incensed by the incident wanted strong punishment and fair compensation for the victim's family.

It is still unknown what led to the firing.

The White Knight Corps, commonly known as 16 Corps, of the Army, which is stationed in Nagrota, reported about the incident on their official social media account.

"Two people lost their lives in an early-morning shooting incident by unidentified militants at Rajouri near the military hospital. It noted and labelled Northern Command, saying, "The Police, security forces, and civil administration officials are on the spot.

As crime increases in the country in another incident In the Bilaspur region of Chhattisgarh, unidentified assailants shot and killed a 38-year-old man on Wednesday who was charged with more than twenty criminal offences, according to police.

According to the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajendra Jaiswal, the event happened on the Turkadih bypass within the boundaries of the Sakri police station.

Sanju Tripathi, a native of Bilaspur, was travelling in a four-wheeler when the helpers opened fire on him randomly at about 4:15 p.m., according to the ASP, who added that the deceased died there and then. 

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