On June 16, in a similar attack, six policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were killed after a group of heavily armed militants ambushed the vehicle they were travelling in Achabal area of neighbouring Anantnag district. PTI Image for Representation
A policeman was killed and two others injured after militants attacked the motorcade of ruling PDP MLA in Damhal Hanjipora area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Saturday.
Sources said that heavily armed militants opened fire on two police vehicles at Nandimarg crossing in Damhal Hanjipora, 85 kms from here, on Saturday evening. Both the vehicles skidded off the road, they said, adding that a policeman, identified as constable Khurshid Ahmad was killed and two others injured in the attack.
“The policemen were returning from Daniv Kandimarg village where MLA Noorabad Abdul Majid Paddar had earlier inaugurated a medical camp,” a police official said.
He said the MLA was present at Degree College Damhal Hanjipora, half a kilometre from the spot where the attack took place.
On June 16, in a similar attack, six policemen, including a station house officer (SHO), were killed after a group of heavily armed militants ambushed the vehicle they were travelling in Achabal area of neighbouring Anantnag district. The militants had also taken away the weapons of the slain policemen after the attack.
Just two weeks later, on July 1, LeT commander Bashir Lashkari, the mastermind of the attack, was killed in an encounter with security forces along with his associate near Dailgam in Anantnag district.
The latest attack occurred barely a few hours after two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces in neighbouring Pulwama district, leading to protests in which a civilian died.