Another PDP MLA's house attacked in J&K

This is second such attack in the past 24 hours.

October 20, 2017 07:18 pm | Updated 07:19 pm IST - Srinagar:

Militants attacked the house of ruling Peoples Democratic Party legislator on Friday afternoon in Pulwama's Tral.

Militants lobbed a grenade at the residence of MLA Mushtaq Shah in old town in Tral in the afternoon.

"The militants also opened fire. Security guards, however, retaliated the fire," said a police official.

There were no reports of any casualty. A police official said the MLA was not present in the house at the time of attack.

This is second such attack in the past 24 hours. The house of MLA Wachi Ajaz Mir, who also belonged to PDP, was attacked with a grenade of Thursday afternoonight in Shopian.

Earlier in the week, PDP ex-sarpanch was killed outside the house in Shopian.

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