A suspected terrorist today opened fire at the railway station here killing a vendor and injuring two GRP head constables when they tried to check his luggage, police said.
The firing took place when the two Government Railway Police constables of the Narcotics cell tried to check the bag of the suspected terrorist in Jammu-bound Jhelum Express which arrived here from Pune around 3.30 am at platform No 4 of the railway station, they said.
The suspected terrorist identified as Balbir Singh Bhootna immediately got down and hid himself under a compartment of the Jhelum Express and opened fir at the police which retaliated on the platform near the compartment.
A woman, who was accompanying the suspected terrorist, has also been taken into custody, Singh said.
The man killed, a vendor, tried to overpower the armed man and was killed. Two policemen were also injured in the encounter. The vendor’s body has been taken to a mortuary, while the injured policemen were taken to CMC Hospital.
There was commotion and chaos all around as the armed man took shelter behind a train at the platform. The trouble began when the police tried to question him. The man took out his revolver and started firing.
Sources said the man, Balbir Singh was around 40 years old and a proclaimed offender wanted in several cases. Police were also trying to ascertain whether he had a history from the days of militancy in Punjab.
At the station, the Jhelum Express was stalled for a while, but the incident did not impact the movement of other trains. The Jhelum Express too has left the station since
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