Another terrorist has been captured alive in Jammu and Kashmir after police apprehended a burka clad militant in Pulwama. He was captured after militants opened fire on police in busy pulwama town of South Kashmir. Two civilians including a woman were injured in the incident.
Firing at a bus stand in Pulwama (J&K), 2 injured civilians admitted to hospital pic.twitter.com/EQQ2nwwatz
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Police and CRPF have cordoned off the area and are conducting searches during which the burka clad militant who fired on police was arrested. More details are awaited.
Police said that they had information about the presence of three burka clad militants in a sumo in a bus stand. When, police cordoned off the bus stand, they fired on police leading to injuries to persons.
Police arrested one of the militants, Tariq Ahmad. he is believed to be an overground worker of the militants. The other two militants managed to get away.
Earlier, Javed Ahmed and Mohammed Naveed were arrested alive in the state.