A POLICEMAN guarding the Sufi shrine in Chrar-e-Sharif in Budgam and another guarding Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi were shot dead by militants in separate incidents on Sunday. The militants also snatched the weapons of the policemen. The police claimed to have achieved a breakthrough in one of the shootings and seized the vehicle used by the militants. “Two weapons have also been snatched.”Suspected militants fired at police constable Kultar Singh at Chrar-e-Sharif and escaped with his rifle. We have seized the vehicle in which they (militants) came.

Source: Indian Express February 25, 2018 21:45 UTC