SRINAGAR: A police officer was injured after allegedly being assaulted by a political leader and his supporters at a Polling Station in Pattan area of Baramulla district, Daily Excelsior reported.
Quoting an official it reported that Jammu Kashmir Peoples Conference leader Imran Reza Ansari along with his supporters barged into a Polling Station at KP Payeen Hanjiveera and tried to create disturbance.
When SHO Pattan Khalid Fayaz tried to intervene, Ansari and some of his supporters allegedly assaulted the officer.
He was injured with blood oozing out from the nose of the police officer and he suffered a fracture as well
The official said that Ansari’s supporters tried to break the doors and window of the Polling Station and police intervened, Ansari and his supporters assaulted the officer and later fled away.
SHO Pattan was taken to Trauma Hospital Pattan where he was referred to Government Medical College Baramulla.
A case has been registered in the Police Station Pattan and few persons were arrested.
In another incident, some political workers assaulted a polling officer who is a teacher by profession at a Polling Station in Devar Pattan
