Policeman dies after colleague opens fire in case of mistaken identity in Kashmir

His colleague assumed there was an attack by anti-national elements.

A policeman died of bullet injuries after his colleague opened fire late on September 21, mistaking him to be an “anti-national element” in north Kashmir’s Handwara.

A police spokesman said the policeman, Ajay Dhar, a resident of Handwara’s Langate, suffered bullet injuries when “a sentry assumed there was an attack by anti-national elements and opened fire.”

“He succumbed to his injuries later,” the police said.