Srinagar, April 1 -- - Four militants carried out attack at the residence of BJP leader at Nowgam Srinagar in which a policeman was killed and a rifle snatched, Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said on Thursday.

"I have inspected place of occurrence. There was one sentry (policeman on guard duty) and two others were in guard room. It is clearly seen in Camera footage that a burka-clad militant came and in woman's voice asked the sentry to open the door," the IGP told reporters here as per news agency GNS. "As soon he opened the door, two more militants come and fired indiscriminately."

One of the policeman identified as Rameez Raja was killed in the attack. The BJP leader, Anwar Khan, was not at his residence, when the militants ...