DH REPORT
Srinagar, MAY 25: A policeman was killed on Wednesday when militants attacked a National Conference (NC) leader’s security guard and snatched his service rifle in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“The militants attacked the security guard of NC district president Ghulam Mohiuddin Mir in Manghama village today (Wednesday) afternoon and decamped with his service rifle,” a senior police officer said here.
The deceased policeman Riyaz Ahmed Ganai was in civvies and standing alongside the NC leader’s security guard at his (Ganai’s) cousin’s marriage when the guerrillas struck.
The NC leader had gone to the village to attend the wedding function.
