KUPWARA; An Army officer was roughed up by angry protesters on Tuesday in the frontier Kupwara district after he tried to arrest a youth, who objected to the filming of the anti-Power Development Department (PDD) demonstration by the army.

Reports said that hundreds of residents of Peer Mohalla, Anderhama, Drugmulla, Dawood colony, Muqam-e Shahwali, Gund and adjoining areas this morning assembled at Fakirpora and staged anti-PDD demonstrations.

As the protests were going on, an army convoy passed through the area. An army major identified as D K Singh filmed the protests and asked the protesters to pave way for the convoy.

“However, a youth confronted the officer and objected to the filming of the protest. He also refused to allow the army convoy to pass. Infuriated, the army officer grabbed the youth by collar and tried to whisk him away. However, the protesters hurled fire pots on the officer and thrashed him to the pulp,” Gulzar Ahmad, an eyewitness said.