NEW DELHI, Sept 12: A police officer was killed when militants fired upon a police party in the Khanyar area in old Srinagar on Sunday.
The police said the officer Arshid Ahmad, a probationary sub-inspector, succumbed to his injuries he sustained when terrorists attacked a police party.
Ahmad passed away at Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Science in Soura where he was rushed to following the attack.
“Around 1:35pm, terrorists fired upon a police naka party at Khanyar resulting in injuries to PSI (probationary sub-inspector) Arshid Ahmad of PS Khanyar,” an officer said. The area has been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the attackers, he added.
(Manas Dasgupta)
