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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against unidentified National Conference (NC) workers following an alleged attack on Sugra Barkati, the daughter of jailed cleric Sarjan Barkati.
Sugra, who was campaigning for her father, an independent candidate contesting from Beerwah Assembly seat, on Tuesday alleged that she and her supporters were assaulted and their campaign vehicles vandalised by the NC workers in the Beerwah area of central Budgam district.
Following the incident, the Beerwah police station registered FIR No 109/2024 under Sections 126 (2) and 351 (2) of BNS against unknown NC workers.
A viral video showing Sugra fainting evoked widespread condemnation from various political parties, who called for investigations. However, the NC denied the allegations and demanded a thorough probe into the incident. DH could not independently verify the authenticity of the video doing the rounds.
Earlier on Monday Sugra had claimed that she was being subjected to “psychological tactics” by her opponents, especially the NC.
“I have been subjected to psychological tactics, with Omar Abdullah leading the charge when he mentioned my father, saying that people in jail are filing papers against him. Filing the papers was my decision,” she had said.