2 policemen killed, BJP leader, 7 tourists among 27 injured in J

Srinagar, Apr 27 (UNI) Two Jammu and Kashmir police personnel were killed and 27 others, including a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and seven tourists injured, in the state overnight, official sources said.

Official sources said hundreds of people, mostly women and children, today took to the streets at Aragamm, Bandipora, protesting against security forces.

The demonstrators, who blocked traffic and observed total shut down, alleged that security forces last night resorted to indiscriminate firing on a police vehicle resulting in the on the spot death of costable Nazir Ahmad and injuries to another constable.

They alleged a police party had come to village after villagers had lodged a complaint that security forces posted in the area were harassing locals.

Senior police and civil officials have rushed to the area, the sources added.

A police press note issued here this evening said one costable died and another was injured in a firing incident.

It said a case has been registered in this connection.

They said another constable Ghulam Qadir Dar was on way to Awantipora when militants stopped his vehicle at Tral and killed him.

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