SRINAGAR: A bid by a group of six "outsiders" to unfurl the Tricolour at the Lal Chowk city centre here on the eve of Independence Day turned ugly with some local residents objecting to the flag hoisting and trying to rough up three of them, the police said on Tuesday.The trio, caught in a spat with the local residents over their flag hoisting bid, had to be rescued by the police.A s the group, apparently from outside Srinagar, sought to hoist the flag at the historic Ghantaghar (clock tower) at Lal Chowk, the local people assembled there and began raising slogans objecting to the flag-hoisting, the police said. Sensing the aggressiveness of the crowd, three persons of the group fled the spot while the three others were caught in an argument with the local residents.T he police, however, intervened in time and before the three could be roughed up, and whisked them away, said an official. The three were later let off, the official said.Fresh plea in apex court challenging Article 35AA fresh plea was on Tuesday filed in the Supreme Court challenging Article 35A, which provides special rights and privileges to the natives of J&K, on the ground that it allegedly violates rights of women marrying people from other states.The SC is already hearing a batch of pleas seeking quashing of the Article that confers special status to permanent residents of the state. An apex court bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra had earlier adjourned the hearing on the five pending pleas "to the week commencing from August 27". pti

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