Two girls arrested for attack on BJP leader’s residence in Srinagar
Srinagar, Apr 6 (UNI) Two girls, both residents of Budgam, were arrested for their alleged involvement in the attack on BJP leader’s residence last week in Srinagar outskirts.
A police guard was killed when militants attacked the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohammad Anwar Khan at Nowgam bypass in the outskirts of Srinagar city on April 1. Khan was not present in the house when the attack took place.
Official sources said that after following various leads, police was able to arrested two girls, identified as Anjum Younis and Tabasum Maqbool, from Kanihama in central Kashmir district of Budgam. “The girls were arrested for their alleged involved in the attack,” they said.
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A policeman was killed when militants opened fire on the residence of a BJP leader in the Nowgam area here today, the police said.
BJP leader Anwar Ahmad, who is the party’s district general secretary for Baramulla and in-charge for Kupwara district, is safe, a police official said.
He said the militants fired on the guard post at the BJP leader’s house at Arigam Nowgam on the outskirts of the city this morning.
In the firing, Constable Rameez Raja was injured and rushed to SMHS Hospital in the city where doctors declared him “brought dead”.
Medical Superintendent of SMHS Hospital Dr Nazir Chowdhary said the cop was “brought dead” to the hospital.
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BJP leader Anwar Ahmad is safe, a police official said The official said the militants fired upon the guard post of Ahmad s residence at Arigam Nowgam in the outskirts of the city here this morning. In the firing, Constable Rameez Raja was injured.
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