Unidentified persons on Friday snatched an assault rifle from a police personnel in central Kashmir's Budgam district, policed said. A scuffle broke out between two groups over some issue in Makhama area soon after the culmination of Friday prayers, a police official said. Police reached the spot immediately to restore normalcy. However, some miscreants started pelting stones on the police party, he said. Meanwhile, some unknown persons snatched an INSAS rifle and fled, the official said, adding that police has taken cognisance and a case has been registered in the matter.
