Militants opened fire and killed a policeman and injured another in south Kashmir on Monday. In a separate incident, one militant was killed and two soldiers were injured in pre-dawn searches near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara.
A police official said militants on Monday afternoon “fired indiscriminately” at the policemen in Muran village of Pulwama. The policemen were accompanying former MLA, Rajpora, Ghulam Mohiudin at the time of attack.
“The protected person is safe. However, one personal security officer (PSO) Mudasir was killed and another PSO Nasir from the security wing is stable,” said the police.
The attackers also snatched their weapons. “The initial probe suggests Zahoor Thokar, associated with Hizbul Mujahideen outfit is involved in it,” said the police.
Earlier in the day, one militant was killed and two soldiers were injured as the Army spotted a group of militants in a pre-dawn searches near the LoC in Kupwara. A joint party of the 10 JAKLI, 57 Rashriya Rifles (RR) and 41 RR observed the movement of a group of infiltrators and were challenged at Safawali Gali adjacent to Batpora forests. “The body has been spotted and an AK-47 rifle recovered,” said a police official.