SRINAGAR (PTI): Khursheed Ahmad Dar, Riyaz Ahmad and Mushtaq Ahmad Gujri escaped from the heavily guarded police hospital on Sept.17. The militants were undergoing treatment in the hospital. A massive hunt had been launched to nab them, the DGP said.

Twelve police officials were dismissed following escape of three militants from a police hospital.

“The dismissal of police officials for their lapse will serve as an eye opener for others,” the director general of Jammu and Kashmir police, B: S. Bedi said.

Article extracted from this publication >>  September 24, 1993