Militants attack in police post near temple

Recently the police were attacked and disarmed by a group of militants in their own turf. Here are the details.

Suspected militants on Wednesday night attacked a police post in Goripora area of Hyderpora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district and decamped with four rifles.

Official sources said that a group of militants believed to be seven in number barged inside the police post manned by four personnel and decamped with four rifles at Goripora.

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Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday night tweeted:

Militants today attacked an armed guard of JKAP 13 battalion at Budgam and decamped with 4 service rifles of policemen at Goripora .Police has reached on spot. Area is under cordon.Further details will follow. @JmuKmrPolice

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) April 25, 2018

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The militants, sources said confined all the four personnel and took away their rifles including one Insas, one carbine, and two SLRs. The police post sources said lies outside a temple in the area.

Meanwhile, a police spokesman in a statement said that militants today attacked an armed guard of JKAP 13 battalion at Budgam and decamped with 4 service rifles of policemen at Goripora (Hyderpora) in city outskirts of Srinagar. 

“Police have reached on spot. The area is under cordon,” the spokesman said.