J&K: Cop killed in attempted LeT attack on BJP leader in Srinagar

In an attempted attack on a local BJP leader, a cop was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place when one of the four terrorists, disguised himself as a woman wearing ‘Burqa’ (veil), approached the main door of the residence of BJP leader Anwar Ahmad in Arigam Nowgam, requesting for a meeting, a police official said. Ahmad, BJP's district general secretary for Baramulla and incharge for Kupwara district, was not present in the house, the official said. The terrorists fired indiscriminately as soon as the main door was opened, killing a sentry on the spot, he added.