Hizb takes responsibility
Srinagar: Suspected militants Saturday carried out an attack on Police deployed in South Kashmir’s Pulwama area injuring one police personal.
Reports reaching KNS said that a constable was fired at from point blank range by some unidentified men at Kakpora in Pulwama district. The constable was identified as Javiad Iqbal of 18 Bn IRP. The police later cordoned the entire area and the search operation has been launched to nab the militants.
The area was gripped with intense fear after the incident with the transport off the roads and shops and other business establishments were closed.
The inspector General of Police (IGP) A.G. Mir said that someone with the pistol fired at one of the constables deployed at Kakpora in Pulwama. The constable was injured in the leg. “He is stable and admitted in the hospital.”
Meanwhile, the militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in a telephonic statement to KNS claimed responsibility of the Pulwama attack. (KNS)