Nearly a month after suspending a cop for allegedly manhandling a Block Development Officer, Jammu & Kashmir Police have booked another policeman for assaulting a doctor in Doda over a parking dispute.

In a statement, the J&K police said it had registered an FIR against assistant sub-inspector Ghulam Ali for allegedly assaulting a doctor in the hilly Doda district on December 3. The FIR was registered on a written complaint by Anzar Majid Malik, a doctor at the district hospital, alleging that Ali had wrongfully restrained and assaulted him.

Pointing out that an FIR was promptly registered under relevant sections of law at the Doda Police Station, the statement said that during investigation, the accused was identified as “an ASI of the Police Department”.

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