JK police to probe hotel scuffle allegedly involving Army Major

A probe was ordered into a scuffle that allegedly broke out at a hotel here today after the staff did not allow a woman and another person to meet an Army officer, the Jammu and Kashmir police said.

Today at 1100 hours, Police Station, Khanyar, received a call from Hotel Grand Mamta that an altercation had taken place. Accordingly, a police party was deputed to the hotel and it surfaced that a woman (name withheld) and another person had come to see someone. But the hotel reception did not allow them to meet the person, a police spokesperson said.

He said a police party reached the spot and all the persons, including the Army major, were taken to the police station.

Subsequently, it was learnt that the woman had come to meet an Army officer. The identity and particulars of the Army officer were collected by the police. The officials were handed over to their unit after due recording of their statements. The statement of the woman is also being recorded for probing the matter, the spokesperson said.

Inspector General of Police, Kashmir S P Pani, has ordered a probe to be conducted by Superintendent of Police, North Zone, into the incident, the spokesperson added.

A Srinagar-based defence spokesman did not answer repeated calls.