Srinagar Oct 9: Police on Saturday refuted rumours about an “attack” on the house of a doctor in Srinagar saying that a “few stray bullets” during last evening’s gunfight in Natipora area of the city had hit two vehicles and windows of two houses in the vicinity.
A fake news is being circulated about an attack on the house of a doctor in Srinagar.
Few stray bullets from Natipora encounter had hit two vehicles and windows of two houses in the locality last night. @JmuKmrPolice @KashmirPolice— Srinagar Police (@SrinagarPolice) October 9, 2021
“A fake news is being circulated about an attack on the house of a doctor in Srinagar.
Few stray bullets from Natipora encounter had hit two vehicles and windows of two houses in the locality last night, ” a police spokesman said. As per police, a LeT militant from Shopian was killed in the brief shootout while his accomplice managed to escape.
Rumours were doing the rounds since this morning about the “attack” on a doctor’s house in Tulsibagh area of Srinagar. The rumours came on the heels of a fresh spate of civilian killings in the valley.
Two teachers from the minority communities of the same school including a woman principal were shot dead inside the school premises in Srinagar’s Eidgah area on Thursday. The killings came less than two days after three civilians including a prominent Kashmiri Pandit chemist and a non-local vendor were killed in Srinagar and Bandipora districts.