Srinagar: A man has been charged by police on Tuesday with threatening to assault a student at a private school in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
The police action followed surfacing of a video online in which a young boy (student) is seemingly held to the ground by a male person, who is holding an axe in another hand and threatening to assault him with it.
“Today a video was found circulating on social media, in which a young boy is seemingly held to the ground by a male person, who is holding an axe in another hand and threatening to assault him with it,” a police spokesman said. It seems that incident has taken place at Future Education Institute Wagahat Magam, he said.
“Cognizance of the same has been taken, consequent to which a case has been registered with FIR No. 167/2019 in PS Handwara under relevant sections of law. Individuals who are believed to have knowledge about the incident are being questioned,” he said, adding, “Legal action has been initiated.”
