| GEO World | | Hundreds protest custodial killing of civilian in IHK | Updated at: 2005 PST, Tuesday, May 19, 2009
SRINAGAR: Hundreds of people staged a protest demonstration against custodial killing of a civilian by Indian police in the occupied Kashmir.
According to local media, Manzoor Ahmed, 30, was subjected to brutal torture by Indian police in the custody of Special Operation Group.
As a result, hundreds of people took to the streets to protest the extrajudicial killing. The demonstrators pelted stones on the police too.
On the other hand, Indian police personnel subjected demonstrators to heavy lathi charge and excessive tear-gassing. |  |
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