Police seizes weapons of PSOs protecting BJP leader Altaf Thakur

Srinagar: Waking up to prevent the weapon snatching incidents, the police have seized four weapons of the PSOs of BJP leader Altaf Thakur at his official Dalgate residence.

Sources told KNO that on January 3, the police party led by SDPO Nehru Park police station entered the official residence at Dalgate and seized four weapons of his PSOs who had gone to have dinner.

“I have now shot a letter to Governor SP Malik, seeking a fresh security cover. At present, I have no security at all,” Thakur told KNO. The move comes in the wake of weapon snatching incident at the official residence of Congress leader Muzaffar Parray at Jawahar Nagar government quarters (J37).

Four PSOs of Parray were suspended from the service for direction of duty.” A series of steps have been taken to prevent the weapon loot or weapon snatching incidents by the Police,” he said.(KNO)