Srinagar attack: 2 among 14 injured cops succumb
Srinagar: Two among 14 police personnel injured in a militant attack on Srinagar-Jammu highway near Zeewan succumbed to wounds at a hospital here, officials said on Monday.
A bus of police’s armed forces was fired upon near Aripora Zeewan in outskirts of Srinagar on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Monday afternoon.
Official sources told GNS at least 14 cops were injured. Two of them identified as Assistant Sub Inspector Ghulam Hassan and Safique Ali (Sgct) succumbed to injuries at a hospital here, they said. A senior police officer confirmed to GNS that two policemen died.
When this report was filed searches in the area were going on. However there were no immediate reports about arrest of any person so far.
The injured police personnel were identified as ASI GHULAM HASSAN, CT SAJAD AHMAD NO. 641AP 9TH, CT RAMEEZ AHMAD NO. 734 AP 9TH, CT BISHEMBR DASS NO. 129 AP 9TH, SGCT SANJAY KUMAR NO. 458 AP 9TH, SGCT VIKAS SHARMA NO. 557 AP 9TH, CT ABDUL MAJEED NO. 399 AP 9TH, CT MUDASIR AHMAD NO. 301 AP 9TH, CT RAVI KANTH NO. 719 AP 9TH, CT SHOWKAT ALI NO. 434 AP 9TH, CT ARSHID MOHAMMAD NO. 518 AP 9TH, SGCT SAFIQUE ALI NO. 782 AP 9TH, CT SATVEER SHARMA NO. 657 AP 9TH, CT AADIL ALI NO. 432 AP 9TH.
