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Kashmir minister escapes bid on life, cop killed
Monday December 12, 2011 07:58:28 AM,
IANS
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Srinagar: Jammu and
Kashmir Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar
Sunday escaped a bid on his life when separatist guerrillas
attacked him in Srinagar. One of the minister's security guards
was killed in the attack.
"At about 8 p.m. today (Sunday), some unidentified militants
attacked Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad
Sagar at his ancestral home in Shah Mohalla, Nawa Bazar, Srinagar,"
a police statement issued here said.
"Three police personnel, Gulzar Ahmad, Mohammad Yaqoob and Feroz
Ahmad got injured in this incident. Later constable Gulzar Ahmad
succumbed to his injuries. A civilian, Ali Mohummad, was also
injured in the attack."
Senior police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
officers rushed with reinforcements to the densely populated old
city Nawa Bazar locality to escort the minister safely to his
uptown official residence.
The minister had gone to his ancestral home in connection with a
social function there.
This is the first major separatist guerrilla attack in Srinagar in
many months and triggered panic in the area.
The attack occurred at a time when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah
has been advocating the revocation of the Armed Forces Special
Powers Act (AFSPA) from Srinagar district as well as Badgam
district in the Valley and Jammu and Samba districts in the Jammu
region.
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