Press Release
Srinagar, 22 Sep 2021. Mousin Manzoor Shallay, son of Manzoor Ahmed Shallay, 24 years, sustained injuries when he tried to snatch the weapon from a soldier on protection duty and deployed at the market place in Azadganj Chowk, Baramulla on 22 Sep 2021.
Individual was shot in the legs to thwart the weapon snatching attempt.
Mousin Manzoor Shallay has a history of being on wrong side of the law. He had earlier assaulted a soldier on duty in similar circumstances around two months back, a video of which is being circulated on social media.
The individual was counselled by the Army on that occasion and was let off on assurance of the family members.
The individual also has a past police record in which a case for stone pelting during the year 2012 & 2014 had been registered against him. He had earlier gone missing on 21 Aug 19 and was apprehended on 05 Oct 19 at Kralahar Naka (Kanispura) in a military operation. Subsequently, he was released from custody on 22 Jun 2020.
Police have registered a case in the present incident and investigation for the same is in progress.
