Kashmir

Policeman injured after service rifle goes off accidentally in Anantnag

SRINAGAR — A policeman was injured after his service rifle went off accidentally while he was cleaning it in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said.

Constable Mohammad Abbas sustained a gunshot injury at Bijbehara police post in the south Kashmir district, they said.

He was shifted to Government Medical College in Anantnag for treatment, they said. — (PTI)