Panic gripped Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday evening as army opened fire after noticing some suspicious movement around a police station.
Initial reports suggested that it was a militant attack on police station Yaripora, but police denied it.
“It was not a militant attack. At around 8:00 pm, some army men guarding the police station at one end only noticed some suspicious movement and hence opened fire. There was however, no retaliation,” said a senior police official posted in the area.
He said that the area has been cordoned off.
Army and police jointly guard the police station Yaripora.