2 cops detained after three rifles go missing

SRINAGAR: Two State Police personnel were detained for questioning tonight after they reported to the authority that terrorists had attacked their guard post and took away their rifles, police said.

The incident happened at a guard post outside a hotel Hill Skirt at Buchwara, Dalgate this evening and comes a day after terrorists decamped with service rifle from a policeman at Kashmir University.

The policemen reported to the police headquarters that a group of terrorists had barged into their post and snatched their rifles.

IGP Kashmir Range SP Pani said that three rifles have gone missing from the police post.

"We are investigating as to how these weapons went missing," IGP said.

Preliminary investigation, however, revealed that there was no eyewitness to the incident that took place at a crowded place and there was no resistance from the policemen.

Meanwhile, official sources said that two of the four policemen attached with the Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police were immediately taken into custody and a hunt was on for the third cop.

Two others have also been summoned for the enquiry, they said.

The incident set alarm bells ringing within the security establishment as Prime Minister Narendra will be visiting Kashmir Valley on May 19.