Woman sustains bullet wound in Tral

SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday said that it has started investigation of a incident in which a woman sustained bullet injury during night hours in Darganie Gund area of Tral in south Kashmir’s Awantipora.

In a statement, the police said that during night hours a lady namely Shakeela Banu (36) wife of Ghulam Nabi, a lone resident of Darganie Gund (Tral), sustained bullet injuries. Her husband and in-laws, who concealed the incident, took her to a nearby hospital in Aripal, where from she was referred to Sub District Hospital Tral but didn’t disclose to doctors regarding the bullet injuries.

The police spokesman further said that doctors were informed by them of her suffering of abdominal pain/heart problem.

She was later referred to SMHS Hospital Srinagar where the doctors diagnosed her of a fired bullet injury, he said.

As soon as the police received the information, a team of police from police post Aripal reached to the house of above injured lady and during search of her house, a fired bullet was recovered, he said.

Police has registered a case FIR No. 25/2021 under relevant sections of law and investigation has been taken up. “Further investigation will continue and evidences are being gathered,” added the spokesman.