Srinagar: The security guards of a legal luminary Friday claimed that two unidentified gunmen after barging into their quarter located in the outskirts of Srinagar city snatched an AK-47 rifle from one of his colleagues. The police, according to sources, is not ruling out their collaboration in the rifle snatching even but it has not yet drawn any conclusions.
Police sources said some unidentified gunmen barged into the quarter a Session Judge Mr Shujah Ali located at Qamar Abad Qamarwari area of Srinagar city and overpowered one of the security guards and decamped with a rifle. The rifle according to sources belonged to PSO Muhammad Iqbal (503SPM). Sources said that the security guards in their complaint which they registered in police station Parimpora have said that they fired some bullets in air to foil the bid of the masked men, however, they managed to flee from the spot with the AK-47 rifle.
A police official on condition of anonymity said that they have started investigation into the matter. Nothing can be said as of now. Truth will come up once investigation will be over, he said. Militants on Thursday night barged inside the police post guarding the house of a judge and decamped with a service rifle of a guard here in Srinagar city.
A police official said some unknown militants Thursday night had overpowered a security guard constable Mohammad Iqbal and snatched the AK-47 rifle along with 02 magazines and 60 rounds from his possession while he was performing duty near the residence of a district and sessions judge, Sujat Ali Khan at Qamarabad in Qamarwari area of city. Khan who is presently posted as Sessions Judge in Shopian district was inside his home at the time of incident. “The incident occurred at around 2:00 am last night,” the officer said, adding that the other security guards opened fire following the incident. However, the militants managed to flee from the spot, the officer said, adding that a case has been registered and further investigations taken up in this regard.
Meanwhile, authorities on Friday beefed up the security across Srinagar city following yesterdays militant attack near SMHS hospital that left a private security guard injured and the mid-night attack after militants decamped with a service rifle of a policeman guarding the house of sessions judge at Qamarwari.
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