Two J&K policemen killed during travel from Srinagar to Jammu
Two Jammu & Kashmir policemen were killed in a firing incident on Sunday when they were travelling from Srinagar to Jammu.
Two Jammu & Kashmir policemen were killed in a firing incident on Sunday when they were travelling from Srinagar to Jammu.
The incident occurred on September 18, when the police received a call at Police station Jaffarpur, Dwarka that firing had taken place.
Both the suspects -- Mandeep and Rahul -- were apprehended by the police along with the seizure of a stolen bike which was used in the commission of the crime.
The police said a PCR call was received regarding the incident wherein the caller said that three people came in a car and fired at his nephew, Vikas and fled leaving the vehicle behind. The injured was shifted to the hospital, it added.
According to DCP South, it was on Sunday night around 8.48 pm when a PCR call was received regarding the firing, and the beat staff who was on patrol duty, immediately swung into action and nabbed one of the accused after a hot chase.
The patrolling party immediately alerted the flanking sentry and rushed to the spot. The BSF patrolling party challenged the miscreants, but they did not pay any heed and they fired three rounds from country-made weapons (katta) at the BSF troops. Sensing imminent danger to life and to save government property, the BSF patrolling party fired two rounds from the Pump Action Gun in self-defence,"
Citing the firing by Sri Lankan Navy on fishermen at Kodiyakkarai, Stalin, in a letter to Jaishankar, said that a permanent solution must be arrived at as the attacks are is affecting the livelihood of thousands of Indian fishermen.
'The victim was allegedly shot at a meeting in Durjanpur village after an official cancelled a meeting on the allotment of ration shops due to a dispute between the members who had gathered there.'
Meanwhile, a person, who supplied the firearm to the "minor shooter" who fired near Jamia, has been arrested and sent to judicial custody till February 28.
The police said that it is not ruling out the possibility of a terrorist attack on the tram.
