BSF officer judicial remand extended

Srinagar, April 05: A local court today extended by five days the judicial remand of a suspended BSF officer and a jawan arrested in connection with the killing of a teeenaged boy.

Commandant R K Birdi and constable Lakhvinder Kumar were produced before the court which further remanded them to 5-day judicial custody.

Birdi was arrested on March four after he surrendered to police in connection with the killing of 16-year-old Zahid Farooq on February five near here.

The killing of the teenager had sparked massive protests across Kashmir valley.

Birdi was suspended on February 14.

–Agencies