Budgam (Jammu and Kashmir): Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday detained two persons after firing aerial warning shots over a “suspicious activity” in central Kashmir's Budgam district, officials said. A spokesman for Budgam Police said that during the night patrol near court complex Budgam, police party spotted a parked Wagon R vehicle and observed some suspicious activity inside.
“When they approached the vehicle, the individuals attempted to flee and the patrolling team discharged warning shots in air,” the police spokesman said. “It was later determined that both individuals were inebriated. Both have been detained for medico-legal formalities and cognizance taken,” he added. The identity of the detained persons was not immediately known.
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The gunshots heard around 10 pm on Wednesday night created panic among the locals amid speculations that a gunfight might have erupted between the security forces and militants in the area. However, the police statement ruling out any encounter put all those speculations to rest. Budgam district in central Kashmir has been relatively calm as far as militancy is concerned as compared to south Kashmir districts which have been hotbeds of militancy over the years.
Pertinently, earlier in the day, the Budgam Police arrested two Drug Peddlers and recovered contraband substance from their possession in the central Kashmir district. Pertinently, in Aug. 2022, Jammu and Kashmir police arrested two youth allegedly involved in a grenade blast at Gopalpora area of Badgam district on Independence Day that year in which a man belonging to a minority community was injured.
