Pulwama: Army personnel cordon off the area outside Jammu and Kashmir Bank which was looted by suspected militants, at Ratnipora in Pulwama on Thursday. PTI Photo (PTI12_15_2016_000318B)
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.
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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.
