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Kashmir weapon Snatching, accused surrender before police

by IBNS 28 Mar 2017, 08:54 pm

Srinagar, Mar 29 (IBNS) : The Jammu and Kashmir Police have claimed that a youth who along with his associates had snatched a rifle from a policeman in Jammu last weekend surrendered in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Wednesday.

According to reports, Aamir of Ratnipora village of Shopian surrendered before Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shopian Tahir Saleem.

They said  Aamir had hidden the snatched  AK-47 rifle under  boulders near Tawi Bridge in Jammu.

As earlier reported, Aamir and his two associates  identified as Masood and Shahid, all residents of Shopian district, were arrested shortly  after they attacked a police constable Mohammad Hanief posted as Personal Security Officer of Anjuman Minhaj-e-Rasool chairman Maulana Dehlavi, near the main Tawi bridge in Jammu on Saturday evening.

 
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)