<div align="justify">A Jammu and Kashmir policeman was arrested for allegedly taking pictures of a woman in central Ganderbal district on Saturday morning.<br /><br />Reports said that the cop was caught by a woman after noticing him taking her pictures on the Manigam bypass road. The cop is said to be posted with an Indian Reserve Police (IRP)battalion in the district.<br /><br />A video circulating on social media shows that policeman was caught by the people, his jacket taken off, and he was tied to a chair before beaten up by a mob. Slogans against police and in support of Al-Qaeda commander Zakir Musa could be heard in the video.<br /><br />A senior police official said that a woman approached police station Ganderbal with a complaint that a cop took her pictures while she was standing at the bypass. "We have arrested the cop and he has been placed under suspension. A case has also been registered in this regard and further investigations have been taken up,” he said.<br /><br />Police claimed to have found some photos of the woman in the arrested cop's mobile.<br /><br /> Inspector General Police (IGP) Kashmir Munir Khan told reporters in Srinagar that prima facie, it appears that the woman was known to the policeman.<br /><br />Earlier this year in June, Dy SP Ayoub Pandith was killed brutally by a mob outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid in the old city, drawing widespread condemnation. Police have arrested 21 people, including four juveniles, in the case.<br /></div>
<div align="justify">A Jammu and Kashmir policeman was arrested for allegedly taking pictures of a woman in central Ganderbal district on Saturday morning.<br /><br />Reports said that the cop was caught by a woman after noticing him taking her pictures on the Manigam bypass road. The cop is said to be posted with an Indian Reserve Police (IRP)battalion in the district.<br /><br />A video circulating on social media shows that policeman was caught by the people, his jacket taken off, and he was tied to a chair before beaten up by a mob. Slogans against police and in support of Al-Qaeda commander Zakir Musa could be heard in the video.<br /><br />A senior police official said that a woman approached police station Ganderbal with a complaint that a cop took her pictures while she was standing at the bypass. "We have arrested the cop and he has been placed under suspension. A case has also been registered in this regard and further investigations have been taken up,” he said.<br /><br />Police claimed to have found some photos of the woman in the arrested cop's mobile.<br /><br /> Inspector General Police (IGP) Kashmir Munir Khan told reporters in Srinagar that prima facie, it appears that the woman was known to the policeman.<br /><br />Earlier this year in June, Dy SP Ayoub Pandith was killed brutally by a mob outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid in the old city, drawing widespread condemnation. Police have arrested 21 people, including four juveniles, in the case.<br /></div>
