New Delhi, December 23
A trainee cop was killed by a bullet wound in the Police Training Centre (PTC) Manigam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
Sentry Babu Ram, who was guarding a post at the Manigam police training institute, reportedly fired upon Mohammad Sareer, an under training recruit.
The police informed that the trainee officer was hit by a bullet purportedly fired from the sentry's rifle at the Police Training Centre. He was undergoing the Basic Recruitment Training Course (BRTC) at Manigam Police Training School.
Sareer, a resident of Boniyar in Baramulla district, died on the spot, officials said, adding that Babu Ram has been disarmed and is being questioned.
The police have launched a probe to ascertain the circumstances that led to the death.
