Srinagar, May 29 (IANS): Four local policemen were allegedly beaten up by some Army personnel in J&K’s Kupwara district, official sources said on Wednesday.

Sources said that four policemen identified as SPOs Rayees Khan, Imtiyaz Malik and constables Saleem Mushtaq and Zahoor Ahmad posted at Kupwara police station were beaten by some soldiers who barged into the police station, accompanied by an officer.

“The Army team beat up these policemen on Tuesday night after they barged into the police station. The injured policemen have been admitted for treatment to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura in Srinagar city," said the sources.

“Police had earlier raided the house of a Territorial Army soldier in Batpora village of Kupwara district. This seems to have angered the soldiers,” sources added.

There has been no word in denial or confirmation of this incident so far.

An Army statement said, “An altercation between police and Army personnel and beating up therein of police personnel are misfounded and incorrect. Minor differences between the police personnel and a territorial army unit on an operational matter have been amicably resolved."

Officials earlier in the day said that a team of soldiers accompanied by an officer had barged into the Kupwara police station and beat up four policemen, including two SPOs and two constables.

The officials also said that the four injured policemen were later admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura in Srinagar city for specialised treatment.

Officials had alleged that the raid of a police team at the house of a Territorial Army soldier had angered the Army after which they barged into the police station.

Doctors at SKIMS hospital have said the injured policemen are stable, officials added.