Civilian injured in firing incident succumbs to injuries in J-K

November 24, 2018 13:11

A civilian, injured in a firing incident near a security forces camp in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, succumbed to injuries on Saturday, officials said.

Ishfaq Ahmad Ganaie was injured in the firing near the camp of army's 50 Rashtriya Rifles unit at Chattergam area of Budgam in central Kashmir on Friday, a police official said.

He said Ganaie succumbed at the SMHS hospital in Srinagar on Saturday morning.

Local residents had accused the army of opening unprovoked fire that led to Ganaie getting injured.

However, Srinagar-based defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said the Army did not open fire and the civilian was injured in a "terrorist committed atrocity".

"In a case of terrorist committed atrocity, Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie of Magraypora was shot at by the terrorists, 500-600 metres away from Army camp at Chhatargam," Kalia said in a statement.

He said when the Army troops heard the sound of the firing, the Quick Reaction Team immediately rushed towards the direction of the fire to find out what was happening.

"When the party reached the spot, they saw Ishfaq in a pool of blood. He had bullet injuries, one in head and the other in leg and was immediately taken to Chhatargam hospital from where doctors shifted him to SMHS," Kalia said.

The defence spokesperson said the reports of "the individual lobbing a grenade on the army camp and the army retaliation are completely baseless".

Police have registered a case and initiated investigations in the matter, the police official said. -- PTI

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