‘Miscreants’ chop down high-density plants in Karimabad

PULWAMA: Unknown persons chopped down various high density (Italy) apple trees belonging to two persons in Karimabad village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Quoting local sources news agency Kashmir News Trust reported that during the intervening night of 19-20 May, apple trees belonging to Reyaz Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Nabi Bhat and Abdul Rahman Bhat son of Lassi Bhat, both residents of Karimabad village were chopped off by some miscreants.

A local said that this might be the handiwork of some miscreants. He said the personal rivalry can’t be ruled out behind this incident.

Local sources said that one of the victims, Reyaz Ahmad Bhat was previously polling agent of Ashiq Hussain of Karimabad during DDC elections.

Interestingly, the DDC candidate Ashiq Hussian had also become a prey in December last year, when unknown persons had chopped down his three dozen newly planted apple saplings in the same Karimabad village.

Ashiq Bhat had contested third phase of DDC elections from Pulwama ‘B’ Constituency as independent candidate.