Exclusive footage of the Gool area of Ramban firing in Indian occupied Kashmir
- 11 years ago
Ramban firing incident refers to firing on a Kashmiri protesting crowd by Border Security Force (BSF) officers of India on 18 July 2013 in Dharam area of Gool in Ramban district, Jammu & Kashmir. killing four and injuring forty four people, according to the official sources. While the locals maintained killing of six people.
The protest by the locals of Ramban started after a religious leader was detained by the BSF personnel on 17 July 2013 for offering prayers late at night. A small group of protesters visited a nearby construction site where BSF personnel were stationed. Soon a larger crowd gathered and violence broke out around 6:30 in the morning amid rumours that a copy of the Koran had been desecrated.
The locals while agitating surrounded the 76 BSF battalion camp and pelted stones. Initially BSF personnel used tear gas shells but later opened fire killing four people and injuring thirty.
The protest by the locals of Ramban started after a religious leader was detained by the BSF personnel on 17 July 2013 for offering prayers late at night. A small group of protesters visited a nearby construction site where BSF personnel were stationed. Soon a larger crowd gathered and violence broke out around 6:30 in the morning amid rumours that a copy of the Koran had been desecrated.
The locals while agitating surrounded the 76 BSF battalion camp and pelted stones. Initially BSF personnel used tear gas shells but later opened fire killing four people and injuring thirty.