Four cops injured in Sopore grenade attack

Four policemen were injured as militants hurled a grenade towards them in Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Wednesday.

A police official said, militants, lobbed the grenade near the police station in Sopore, at around 4.20 pm, which exploded with a loud bang. Four policemen sustained splinter injuries due to the blast and were immediately taken to a hospital, where the condition of two of them is stated to be critical.

Soon after the attack, a large contingent of security forces, including Army, rushed to the spot and launched a manhunt to nab the attackers. A branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank is also in the vicinity of the attack, reports said. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. 

Earlier, late last night militants shot at a ruling PDP worker and his



nephew in Khanpora area of Baramulla after they were coming out of a masjid after offering prayers. Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Baramulla Imtiaz Hussain said the militants fired a few pistol shots at Abdul Rashid Lone and his nephew Tariq Ahmad. They were quickly shifted to the hospital where their condition is stable, he said.

Lone had retired after serving the Jammu and Kashmir electricity department and according to local media reports is an activist of ruling PDP.

Meanwhile, a policeman was found dead in his car at Cheshmahi area on Srinagar outskirts. Police said Head Constable Sheetal Singh was found dead in his personal vehicle and it was not immediately clear how he died. "We are looking into the matter and after medico-legal formalities, his body would be handed over to his family," a police official said.