A terrorist was killed after his accomplices lobbed a hand grenade at Tral police station in J&K's Pulwama district in a bid to free him. According to the police, Mushtaq Chopan tried to escape wearing a burkha (veil). “Around 12.30 p.m., Chopan was near the main gate of the police station when a grenade was lobbed from the outside. In June 2015, an undertrial militant, Waheed Noor Khan, died in similar circumstances when a grenade exploded inside a police vehicle in Baramulla’s Hygam. In July 2013, another undertrial militant Shakeel alias Ubaidullah was also killed in a grenade explosion inside a police vehicle in Srinagar’s Batamaloo area.

Source: The Hindu February 26, 2018 16:18 UTC