Srinagar, October 26
A mentally-challenged boy was shot dead by security personnel after he allegedly tried to intrude into an Army camp in the the wee hours today.
A 16-year-old boy was killed when he allegedly tried to sneak into an Army camp at Watlab in the Sopore area of Baramulla district despite warning shots by the sentry to stop, sources said.
They said the sentry had to shoot the ‘intruder’ as he continued to climb the fencing around the camp at around 1 am.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the deceased was a mentally-challenged youth from Pulwama district in south Kashmir, the sources said, adding a police party had been dispatched to his native village to ascertain his identity. — PTI
