Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
anantnag, May 11: In a shocking incident, miscreants have allegedly damaged apple orchard of a Kashmiri Pandit family in Akura-Mattan village of South Kashmir's Anantnag district.
As per reports and videos that have appeared on social media sites, several fruit bearing apple trees have been damaged by the miscreants during the intervening night. Branches of apple trees have been chopped off )villagers told Early Times.
They said that apple orchard belongs to a Kashmir Pandit Aajay Raina and is spread over six kanals of land.
"We demand a probe as this incident has shocked us all and defamed us," villagers said.
"Early in the morning, I visited my orchard and spotted that some trees in another orchard have been damaged. Firstly I thought the winds might have damaged the trees then I came to know that some miscreants have done it. I immediately ringed Aajay Raina and informed him," Nissar Ahmad Itoo, neighbour of Kashmiri Pandit family told media.
He demanded probe and said that the incident has defamed the village and Islam. "He is our neighbor and we can tolerate such things, we demand probe and demand that the culprit be exposed before the villagers so that such incidents aren't repeated in future," he added.
Mattan police said that they have taken cognizance of the incident and started investigation into the matter |
