Separatist guerrillas snatched guns from TV tower guards in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said on Monday.
The police said the militants attacked the guards posted at a Low Power Transmitter station of public service broadcaster Doordarshan in Dalvash village late Sunday night. They took away five service rifles.
“Militants in combat uniform barged into the guard room of TV tower at Dalvash in Dooru area of Anantnag district at around 12.30 AM and overpowered the cops guarding the installation,” the police official said.
Hindustan Times reports that allegedly, senior police officers arrived later for assessment, sounding an alert and closing entry and exit to Dooru village. A search has been launched. One Insas and carbine rifle and three self-loading rifled have been taken. The security guards of the TV tower have been arrested.
