In a dramatic get away, a Pakistani terrorist escaped from police custody after opening fire at the cops inside the Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said.
The two cops who got injured in the incident later succumbed to their injuries. They have been identified as Head Constable Mushtaq Ahmad and Babar Ahmad.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Abu Hanzula alias Naveed Jaat snatched the rifle of a Jammu and Kashmir policeman and opened indiscriminate firing at the cops.
There were two more terrorists who helped Hanzula in the daring escape.
As per reports, Hanzula along with five other militants had been brought to the hospital for a medical checkup when the attack took place.
Vehicles moving in the city are being searched to trace the escaped LeT militant who was arrested last year in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.