Militants attack police post in Budgam, decamp with four rifles

Srinagar, April 26

Militants disarmed policemen guarding a temple in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir and decamped with four service rifles, police said on Thursday.

The ultras barged into the police post, set up for guarding the temple at Goripora in Budgam, on Wednesday night and disarmed the cops posted there, a police official said.

He said the militants then decamped with four service rifles from the police post.

Security forces had cordoned off the area and launched a manhunt for the militants, he added.

The official said a departmental inquiry had been initiated into the incident. PTI