Militants snatch rifle from guard at BJP worker's house in Srinagar

Suspected militants today snatched the service rifle of a policeman, posted as a personal guard of a BJP worker, from Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

Constable Bashir Ahmad, who is posted as personal security guard to Ghulam Mohammad Chopan of BJP, reported to police that four gunmen barged into the house of the BJP worker at Panzan in Chadoora and snatched his service rifle, a police official said.

He said police has taken cognisance of the incident and sent out an alert to track down the suspects.