SRINAGAR: A Hizbul-Mujahedin militant, currently in police custody, was killed and a policeman was injured when suspected militants tossed a hand grenade into a police station in southern Pulwama district, the police here said.
The incident was followed by eruption of intense clashes between irate crowd and the security forces along the streets of Tral area.
According to police, the militant Mushtaq Ahmed Chopan alias Haroon who was in police custody had tried to escape from the police station in Tral town, wearing burqa.
“When he was near the main gate someone from outside lobbed a grenade as a part of the conspiracy to divert the attention so that he could escape. The grenade exploded inside the police station resulting into his death,” police said.
