Police begin probe after woman suffers bullet injury
18/04/2021
SRINAGAR, Apr 17: Police on Saturday registered a case after a woman suffered a bullet injury in Pulwama district.
A police spokesman said Shakeela Banu, wife of Ghulam Nabi Lone, a resident of Darganie Gund area of Tral in the south Kashmir district suffered bullet injuries on Friday night.
"Her husband and in-laws kept the incident a secret and ferried her to a nearby hospital in Aripal, then to sub-district hospital Tral but did not disclose to doctors anything regarding the bullet injury," the spokesman said.
The family members informed doctors that she was suffering from abdominal pain and heart problem, he said, adding she was referred to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, where she was diagnosed with a bullet injury.
Police recovered an empty bullet cartridge from the house of the woman, the spokesman said.
A case has been registered and the matter is being probed, he said.
The vehicle driver, Junaid Tariq Dar, a resident of Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, has been arrested, they said.
At about 3:15 pm, the vehicle was signaled to stop at Awantipora Chowk by a police party, but the driver sped away and hit police official Naser Ullah, a police spokesman said.
The driver again refused to stop the vehicle at Padgampora bridge and the CRPF personnel deployed at the checkpoint fired warning aerial shots, he said.
The firing resulted in tyre burst of the vehicle and in the ensuing incident, Jaisi Parvaiz Sheikh, a resident of Muran, Pulwama-- who was travelling in the vehicle--sustained bullet injuries in her right arm, the spokesman said.
The driver has been arrested and the vehicle has been seized, he said.
The spokesman said the injured woman was shifted by police to a hospital in Awantipora from where she was referred to Bones and Joints Hospital here for further treatment.
Her condition is stated to be stable, he said.
The spokesman said the condition of the injured police official is also stable.
The matter is being probed, he added.
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