Curfew imposed in J&K’s Kishtwar after militants snatch gun from cop

A day after Jammu and Kashmir Police nabbed three Jaish-e-Mohammed operatives in Lakhanpur area of Kathua along on Thursday, three to four suspected militants snatched a gun from the personal security officer (PSO) of a PDP leader in communally-sensitive Kishtwar town on Friday morning.

“We have imposed curfew in Kishtwar town after a gun-snatching incident. Around three to four suspected militants snatched the official weapon, probably an AK-47, from the PSO of PDP district president Sheikh Nasir around 10.45 am,” Kishtwar district magistrate Angrez Singh Rana told Hindustan Times said.

Rana said that check-posts have been put up in and around Kishtwar to nab the suspected militants.

The incident took place at the PDP leader Sheikh Nasir’s house in the town.