Militants snatch weapons of police personnel guarding PDP leader’s house

Srinagar:Unidentified militants tonight snatched weapons of police personnel guarding the residence of ruling People’s Democratic Party’s district President from Anantnag, police said.

Six to eight militants attacked the guard post at the residence of Advocate Jawed Ahmed Sheikh, district President of PDP at Dayalgam, at around 9.30 PM and snatched four AK rifles from the security personnel, a police official said.

An alert has been sounded in south Kashmir area to trace the militants, he said, adding, this is the fifth incident of weapon snatching from police personnel in Kashmir since the ongoing unrest in the Valley.

Earlier today, heavily armed militants suspected to be from Pakistan-based JeM stormed an army base in Uri in Kashmir killing 17 jawans.

PTI