J-K: Suspected militants attack PDP leader’s house, snatch rifles from guards

Suspected militants on Saturday evening made away with four rifles from guards at the residence of a PDP leader in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district

Suspected militants on Saturday evening made away with four rifles from guards at the residence of a PDP leader in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said.

Youths hurl stones towards the police during a protest in Srinagar. (REUTERS)

Police said militants snatched four service rifles from guards of Javaid Ahmad, district Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president at his residence in Dialgam village of Anantnag.

“An FIR has been registered in the incident and investigations have been started by detaining the guards from whose possession the weapons were snatched,” a police official said.