Thirty nine rifles and the large quantity of ammunition is missing from a police station in South Kashmir following a mob attack on Saturday.
The arms and ammunition are missing after mob attacked the police station Damhal Hanjipora in South Kashmir on Saturday. Among the arms and ammunition that is still untraced are 21 INSAS rifles, 12 SLR rifles, two AK 47 rifles, one Light Machine Gun and three Carbine Machine Guns.
“The missing items include 108 INSAS magazines, six Carbine Machine Gun magazines, 18 SLR magazines, one LMG magazine and five AK 47 magazines. The number of ammunition rounds could not be ascertained yet as most of the magazines were fully loaded,” police said.
Sources said it is not clear whether the mob has taken away the arms and ammunition or some police personnel posted at the police station have managed to save them.
Some sensitive documents are also missing from the police station. The Police Wireless Communication Code (PWCC) document, the coded language used by the department for relay of information, is also missing. Case diaries and some other records are also not traced yet.
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