A police officer injured in a suspected militant attack on Wednesday succumbed to his injuries at Army’s Base hospital in Srinagar.
Sub Inspector Altaf Ahmad was injured when gunmen attacked a police party he was heading in Gund Dachin area of Bandipora in north Kashmir on Wednesday.
Official sources told GNS that a special police team from Rajbagh, Srinagar was travelling in a car to chase militants in the north Kashmir district.
On reaching Gund Dachin in the district, the police team asked a load carrier to stop at a barricade.
However, sources said that the militants travelling in the vehicle fired at the police party.
In the firing incident, Altaf Ahmad sustained serious bullet injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment where from he was removed to army’s 92 base hospital here in Srinagar.
However, the officer later succumbed to injuries at the military hospital here.
The slain police officer headed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) Rajbagh, Srinagar to investigate the militancy-related cases.
The militants reportedly, fled from the scene, sources said.
Meanwhile, a police officer while confirming the incident told GNS that the militants travelling in the vehicle also included LeT commander Abu Qasim.
Soon after the incident, SOG, army and CRPF cordoned off the whole area and launched massive hunt to nab the militants.
