Pak Terrorist Escapes During Firing Outside Srinagar Hospital, 2 Cops Killed

SRINAGAR: A Pakistani terrorist in police custody escaped this morning as he was brought to a Srinagar hospital for a routine medical check-up. Police indicated that an accomplice of the prisoner, Naveed Jutt, opened fire just outside the hospital. Two policemen have died, police said.

"There was somebody close to him who fired at our two constables," Imtiaz Ismail, Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, told reporters. Police are investigating whether he was helped by accomplices who were already positioned inside the Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital as he was brought there by a police party from the Rainawari central jail along with five other prisoners this morning.

The hospital has been cordoned off but it is not clear whether Naveed is still inside or has managed to flee the premises. Emergency services are functioning inside the hospital and the police said that while they are focusing on capturing the prisoner, they are also trying to ensure that patients at the hospital are not disturbed.