Srinagar: Police on Saturday rejected reports that militants attack MLA Noorabad near Nandinarg crossing near D.H. Pora in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. A policeman was killed in the attack and police blamed Hizbul Mujahideen.
“A police team on duty for medical camp, comprising the AST team and a bunker vehicle while returning from duty was fired upon by the hiding militants at Nandinarg crossing under the police jurisdiction D.H. Pora,” a police spokesman said, adding, “The police party retaliated the attack and due to brave retaliatory action, police foiled the attempt of weapon snatching conspired by the militants.”
During the attack, the spokesman said, the driver of the AST vehicle Khurshid Ahmad Tak got injured.
“Despite being injured, he displayed conspicuous act of courage by successfully taking the vehicle out of arch of fire and saved life of others,” the spokesman said. Tak was killed in the process, he said, “The news item regarding the attack on the legislator Noorabad is incorrect and is denied”. The police said that perpetrators behind the attack have been identified as Gulzar Paddar group and Umar Majid Ganie group of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.
The policeman is survived by aged parents, wife, 3-year old daughter and 2-year old son.
