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Militants who attacked BJP chief’s home in Srinagar shot useless

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The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday gunned down three militants concerned within the assault at a senior BJP chief’s residence in Srinagar, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar stated. A police constable was killed within the assault on Thursday morning, and the militants had escaped along with his rifle.
The assault passed off on the residence of BJP chief Mohammad Anwar Khan at Aaribagh Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar — Khan was not in the home on the time of the incident. Police stated the militants have been affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Toiba and two of them have been locals.
“Three militants involved in attack on BJP leader’s residence in J-K’s Nowgam killed in Pulwama encounter,” Kumar was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
Constable Rameez Raja had “sustained grievous gunshot injuries and was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and attained martyrdom”, the police stated.
The assault on Thursday was the second in Srinagar and third within the Valley within the final week.