Cong leader arrested for stone-pelting

ALTAF BABA

Varmul, July 15: A local Congress leader is among the dozens of youth arrested in Varmul and Sopur towns on charges of stone-pelting.
According to police sources, Manzoor Ahmmad Fafoo a resident of Khawajabagh, Varmul who unsuccessfully contested 2005 Municipal Council elections on Congress ticket from ward 20 of Khawajabagh locality of Varmul district was arrested on charges of stone-pelting and instigating the youth. Police has registered FIR No. 129/2010 under sections 148, 149, 336 and 323 crpc against the accused.
 The General Secretary of Congress confirmed that Manzoor contested the 2005 Municipal elections on the party ticket.
 “Manzoor unsuccessfully contested 2005 Municipal polls on Congress ticket. The family of Manzoor claims that he has been arrested wrongly by the police as police was in search of another person with the same name and had wrongly picked up Manzoor,” said state Congress general secretary GN Monga.
 Monga said that if Manzoor is involved in the crime, disciplinary action will be taken against him.

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