Pistol borne militant kills railway cop, injures another
Srinagar: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel was killed and another was injured after a pistol-borne militant shot them from a point blank range in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday.
A top police officer said that two cops of Railway Police were injured after militants attacked them at Kakapora area of the district.
Both the injured personnel were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment. However, one of them succumbed to the wounds, he said.
As per CCTV footage of the incident, in circulation on some social media groups, a militant appears from behind and fires at the personnel while they were sitting on chairs apparently taking tea at a roadside Dhaba. Both the men fell on the ground while the militant ran away a few meters on foot before boarding a bike.
“Today at about 1805 hours, police received information about a militant incident at Kakapora area of Pulwama where (militants) had indiscriminately fired upon two RPF personnel identified as ASI Devraj Kumar and Head constable Surinder Kumar, outside Railway Station Kakapora,” police said in a statement.
“In this incident, both the personnel received critical gunshot injuries and were immediately evacuated to hospital for the treatment to their injuries; however, Surinder Kumar succumbed to his injuries,” the statement said.
He said police has registered a case under relevant sections of law and initiated investigation. “Officers continue to work to establish the full circumstances of the case while the whole area has been cordoned off with the help of reinforcement and search in the area is going on,” it said.
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