MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): Student leader and Jammu Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNSF) Central President, Khawaja Mujtaba Bande, has filed a case against a core member of JAAC, Raja Sohaib Javed, for assault and taking hostage.
As per details, the core members of Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) Raja Sohaib Javed, Shamrez Abbasi, AJK police personnel Raja Umair, Raja Shahwar Azeem, Raja Fazail, and other unknown persons have been booked in the case.
According to an FIR registered with Muzaffarabad Police Station, the accused called Bande to Raja Sohaib Javed’s hostel through a hoax call and subjected him to mental and physical torture.
The complainant further alleged that the accused also snatched his mobile phone and Rs5,500 of cash, adding that he was also kept hostage for several hours at gunpoint.
Raja Sohaib Javed, named in the FIR, told Kashmir Digital that there were some doubts on the issue, which have been cleared to a large extent.
“A committee has been formed by the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee and NSF to sort out the issues and eliminate the misunderstanding that has arisen,” he said.
Another individual, named in the FIR, told Kashmir Digital that evidence of Mujtaba Bande dishonoring citizens was found by them, due to which he himself broke his mobile phone.
Kashmir Digital tried to contact Mujtaba Bande to put his position forward, but his phone number was switched off.
SHO Police Station City Muzaffarabad Ansar Sajjad, while giving his position, said that an FIR has been filed and the investigation into the case is underway. The accused have obtained interim bails and the police are trying to get their interim bails cancelled so that further investigation can be conducted.
