Militants snatch rifles from PDP leader’s guards

Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas on Saturday evening made away with four rifles from guards at the residence of a PDP leader in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.

Police said militants snatched four service rifles from guards of Javaid Ahmad, district Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president at his residence in Dialgam village of Anantnag.

"An FIR has been registered in the incident and investigations have been started by detaining the guards from whose possession the weapons were snatched," a police official said.