December 21, 2025 08:35 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi slams ‘cut and commission’ TMC in virtual Taherpur address | US launches Operation Hawkeye Strike in Syria targeting ISIS after Americans killed | Horror on tracks: Rajdhani Express ploughs into elephant herd, eight killed in Assam | Horror in Bangladesh: Hindu man lynched and set on fire amid violent protests | Bangladesh in flames: Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's death triggers massive protests, media offices torched | Chaos in Dhaka! Protesters assault New Age Editor, burn down newspaper offices amid deadly unrest | After campus shootings, Trump suspends green card lottery programme | ‘Worst is over,’ says IndiGo CEO after flight chaos; staff told to ignore speculation | Chaos at Hyderabad's Lulu Mall! Nidhhi Agerwal swarmed by fans, police register case | TCS bets big on AI, shares spike as company reveals ambitious plan

Militants snatch service rifle of policeman in Srinagar

| @indiablooms | Oct 05, 2017, at 03:49 am
Srinagar, Oct 4 (IBNS) : Suspected militants Wednesday decamped with the service rifle of a policeman guarding a shrine in the old city of Srinagar.

According to reports, suspected militants entered into the premises of shrine Khanqah-e-Moula in Khanyar area of the Srinagar and snatched INSAS rifle from policemen.

Police officials confirmed the incident and said militants decamped with the rifle from on duty Policemen Sajjad Ahmad, 471 Indian Reserve Police (IRP).

Police have registered a case and started investigation.

(Reporting by Saleem Qadri)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.