This video grab from an undated video clip shows a militant forcibly cutting a man’s hair. The video shows militants ‘torturing’ two men after accusing them of being police informers.
Despite a ban on social media websites, a new video has surfaced in Kashmir in which suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants are seen torturing two youth, accusing them of being informers of the security forces.
In the clip, the militants, dressed in the army fatigues, are seen tonsuring the two youth at an unknown location. The duo is beaten with the sticks and their heads immersed in a bucket of water.
The militants are seen accusing the two youth of being informers for security forces in an attempt to get selected as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in the local police.
The tortured youth can be seen begging for mercy and "confessing" to the charges levelled by the militants, who set them free subsequently.
Police said they were investigating the video.
Significantly, the video is being shared on the social media despite the government ban on 22 sites.
The ban was imposed over a week back after controversial videos kept surfacing, which, according to the authorities, fuelled unrest in the valley.
