Major Gogoi of Kashmir human shield fame, detained along with woman, driver

Gogoi had hit the headlines in April last year when he tied to his jeep and paraded Farooq Ahmed Dar, a local, through 28 villages in Budgam district, apparently to escape stone pelters

Nitin Leetul Gogoi, the Indian Army major who made headlines last year for using a Kashmiri man as human shield in Budgam during last year's election, was on Wednesday detained briefly by the police following an altercation at a hotel where he allegedly wanted to enter with an 18-year-old Kashmiri woman, according to a police official.

Gogoi's driver and the woman were also detained. The police has initiated an inquiry into the entire incident.

The altercation happened on Wednesday morning when Major Gogoi, along with his driver and the woman, tried to check into a Srinagar hotel but was refused