SRINAGAR: The State Government today directed Deputy Commissioner Anantnag to inquire into the alleged abuse of a National Conference legislator by a police officer when the former raised the issue of fleecing of tourists at Pahalgam base camp for Amarnath Yatra.
The deputy commissioner has been asked to inquire the allegations of misbehaviour of Station House Officer (SHO) Pahalgam with opposition National Conference (NC) MLC Bashir Ahmad Veeri and submit a report within seven days.
At the Legislative Council yesterday, Veeri had raised the issue of alleged fleecing of tourists by private security guards deployed by the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department at Pahalgam, base camp for the annual Amarnath Yatra, in south Kashmir.
The MLC had alleged the security guards were fleecing the tourists and were involved in acts of corruption.
“They are working under the supervision of the Station House Officer (SHO) concerned. When I raised the issue with the SHO, he misbehaved with me. The police officer abused me and this House as well,” he claimed. (AGENCIES)
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