The Jammu Kashmir Police personnel, who was critically injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants in the Qaimoh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district succumbed to his injuries at hospital, officials said.
News agency KNO reported, quoting an official, that a police personnel identified as Tahir Khan from Mendhar Poonch was injured last evening when militants hurled a grenade towards a police party near Petrol pump in Qaimoh, Kulgam.
The official said that the injured was admitted at Government Medical College Anantnag, where he succumbed to his injuries this morning.
“#A grenade incident was reported yesterday night in Qaimoh #Kulgam. In this #terror incident, 01 police personnel namely Tahir Khan R/O Mendhar, Poonch got injured. He was shifted to GMC hospital #Anantnag for treatment where he succumbed & attained #martyrdom,” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.