16 booked over assault on marriage party in Kashmir’s Mendhar.

The accused attacked a marriage party when the baraatis were returning along with bride in Gohlad village of the district near Gursai Nallah, said a police official.

Police on Monday booked sixteen persons for allegedly assaulting baraatis late last evening in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The accused attacked a marriage party when the baraatis were returning along with bride in Gohlad village of the district near Gursai Nallah, said a police official.

Several baraatis were injured in the attack, he said. They were shifted to a hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, police has lodged a case under sections 307, 341, 382, 147, 336 of RPC in police station Gursai of Mendhar and has booked sixteen people for attacking baraatis.

KASHMIR SRINAGAR