Srinagar, Dec. 31 -- The Jammu & Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday said that an FIR has been registered in connection with the "brutal assault" on a Kashmiri shawl seller in Kaithal district of Haryana, and that a massive manhunt is underway to nab the accused.

The Association welcomed the action taken by the Haryana Chief Minister, Nayab Singh Saini, in the matter.

In a statement here, JKSA said that after the issue was taken up with the Haryana Chief Minister's Media Advisor, Rajeev Jaitly, the Association was informed that an FIR had been registered in connection with the incident and that police teams have been mobilised to trace and apprehend the accused.

JKSA stated that SP Kaithal, Ms. Upasna, informed it that the c...