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Militants Open Fire At Rajbagh Police Station In Jammu

Militants Open Fire At Rajbagh Police Station In Jammu
SRINAGAR, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard inside a polling station during the fourth phase of polls in capital Srinagar on December 14, 2014. Indian-held Kashmir headed to the fourth phase of state assembly polls under tight security, even as most pro-independence groups, who reject India's sovereignty over the disputed Himalayan region, have asked people to boycott the five phased polls starting on November 25 and ending on December 20. The elections are being held in five stages to allow government forces to better guard against any violence or anti-India protests. (Photo by Ahmer Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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SRINAGAR, INDIA - DECEMBER 14: Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard inside a polling station during the fourth phase of polls in capital Srinagar on December 14, 2014. Indian-held Kashmir headed to the fourth phase of state assembly polls under tight security, even as most pro-independence groups, who reject India's sovereignty over the disputed Himalayan region, have asked people to boycott the five phased polls starting on November 25 and ending on December 20. The elections are being held in five stages to allow government forces to better guard against any violence or anti-India protests. (Photo by Ahmer Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Militants on Friday attacked a police station in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing a policeman and injuring another.

A group of two to three Fidayeen militants stormed into Rajbagh police station in the early hours of Friday and opened indiscriminate firing, a senior police officer told PTI.

In the firing, one policeman died and another was injured, he said, adding that encounter is going on.

Additional troops have been rushed to the spot and Jammu-Pathankote national highway was closed as a precautionary measure.

Home Secretary L.C. Goyal has spoken to the DGP of Jammu and Kashmir and taken stock of the situation.

The Home Ministry is closely monitoring the situation and waiting for further details, a Home Ministry spokesperson said.

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