Srinagar: Police in the Awantipora area of Kashmir have registered its first electronic FIR (e-FIR) following a complaint lodged via e-mail, officials said on Wednesday.
The complaint was filed by Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat, from New Colony Khrew, against Adil Ahmad Bhat and Bilal Ahmad Bhat who are also residents of the same colony, a police spokesman said.
The complainant alleged that the accused assaulted his whole family, causing injury to them, the spokesman said.
He said the complaint was supported by an OPD ticket from Primary Health Centre Khrew and a copy of the complainant’s Aadhaar card as evidence.
Upon examining the complaint, cognizance was taken by registering an e-FIR, covered under case FIR Number 17/2025, under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in police station Khrew, he added.
The e-FIR was registered two days after police in Handwara lodged a case based on a complaint filed through a WhatsApp message.
