Curfew imposed, army called for flag march
KD NEWS SERVICE
SRINAGAR, Apr 9: A cop and a RSS affiliate were on Tuesday killed after unidentified gunmen fired upon them in the premises of District Hospital Kishtwar.
The deceased cop was identified as Rajinder Kumar, a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of RSS leader Chandrakant Singh, a Medical Assistant, by profession and who was posted at District hospital Kishtwar.
The cop as per sources died on spot while as the RSS affiliate had sustained injuries in the firing incident. He was later rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kishtwar, Angrez Singh while talking media said that RSS affiliate and his PSO were killed in the attack following which restrictions were imposed in the town to thwart any possible protests.
He added that the situation was under control, saying there was no communal threat so far. Meanwhile, the administration called Army for a flag march amid curfew in Kishtwar district following this attack. Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar said the army has been called to carry a flag march while curfew was imposed soon after the incident to prevent any law and order disturbance.
“After being operated upon at the hospital, Chandrakant was airlifted in a special chopper to GMC Jammu,” the deputy commissioner told media persons. Meanwhile, a police officer confirmed to a local news gathering agency GNS about decamping of service rifle of PSO saying that massive hunt has been launched to nab the attackers.
Earlier, unknown gunmen entered inside the hospital at attacked the RSS leader while he was on duty in the hospital where he works as a medical assistant.
In the attack, his PSO was killed on the spot while some civilians fell unconscious leading to the assumptions of civilian’s death. However, as the situation calmed down it transpired that only the PSO was killed. On November 1 last year, suspected militants killed BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother in an attack in Kishtwar.
