In a militant attack on BJP leader Anwar Khan, a police security guard was killed on Thursday in the outskirts of Srinagar city. The militants attacked the residence of the leader in the Aribagh area of Nowgam.
The police constable Rameez Ahmed Itoo was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Police have registered an FIR. Investigations are currently in the process to identify the militants linked to the attack.
People carry the injured cop on a stretcher at a hospital in Srinagar, Kashmir. | Photo by Sajad Hameed
People carrying the succumbed police cop on a stretcher at a hospital in Srinagar, Kashmir. | Photo by Sajad Hameed
Senior security personnel arrive at the spot where suspected militants fired at BJP leader Anwar Khan’s residence in outskirts of Srinagar. | Photo by Sajad Hameed
Senior police officers carry a coffin containing the body of the slain policeman during the wreath-laying ceremony at the police headquarters in Srinagar. | Photo by Sajad Hameed
A senior police officer lays a wreath on the coffin containing the body of the slain policeman Rameez Ahmed Itoo during the wreath-laying ceremony at the police headquarters, in Srinagar. | Photo by Sajad Hameed
Policemen pay tribute to the last remains of slain policeman Rameez Ahmed Itoo during a wreath-laying ceremony, at District Police Lines in Srinagar. | Photo by Sajad Hameed