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Jammu,May 23
A Sub divisional police officer( SDPO)
and his driver were seriously hurt in a fidayeen attack outside
their office in Mendhar town of Poonch district wednesday
morning when an unidentified gunmen attacked them
opening indiscriminate firing.
According to reports reaching here, "an unidentified gunmen
attacked a sub divisional police officer(SDPO)
Youghal
Manhas while he was crossing through the main street in his
official vehicle in the Mendhar town wedensday morning."
Critically wounded Manhas was first shifted to a nearby hospital from
where he was airlifted along with his driver Manzoor Ahmed to
Government Medical college, Jammu for specialized medical
treatment.
On reaching Jammu,Manhas was taken to opearation
theatre for immediate surgery.
He had received bullet inujuries on his arm, shoulder and chest.
Immediately after the suspected militant
opened indiscriminate
firing on SDPO panic gripped the main street area and all the
shopkeepers downed their shutters and ran for cover, eyewitnesses report said.
Security forces present on the spot cordoned off the entire
area and with the help of local police launched massive
manhunt to nab the gunmen who fled taking advantage of the
rush in the bazaar.No militant group has till now taken responsibility of the attack but police authorities
suspect hand of Lashkar -e- Toiba opeartives behind the attack.
Condemning the attack on the senior police officer, former state BJP President
DrNirmal Singh said the recent tension in Mendhar and the role played by SDPO in diffusing
the
crisis should also be taken in to account during investigations.
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