HC Queries J-K Police on 'Detention' of Girl, Kin in Handwara

Mother of the 16-year-old girl, filed a petition seeking release of her daughter and others from "illegal detention".

Security personnel in armored vehicles petrolling the streets of Downtown area of Jamia Masjid during restrictions and strike following the death of three civilian allegedly firing by security forces during a protest at Handwara in Kupwara district of nor

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed the police to cite the law under which they have detained the girl, who was allegedly molested by a soldier in Handwara on Tuesday which led to violent protests resulting in the death of five persons.

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