TIA NEWS
Suspected militants attacked the residence of a senior police officer in Kulgam district, a third such incident in the past three days in the Kashmir Valley. However, the attack on the police officer’s house came hours after a local Hizbul Mujahideen militant, a resident of Yaripora Kulgam, was killed in an encounter with security forces in central Kashmir district of Badgam yesterday.
Official sources said, a group of heavily-armed ultras entered the house of Superintendent of Police SP, presently posted in Srinagar, at village Khudwani in Kulgam district late last night.
The militants had beaten up father of the SP, damaged window panes and ransacked the house before firing in the air and escaping under the cover of darkness.
Immediately after the incident, security forces and state police personnel rushed to the area and conducted searches but the militants had managed to escape.