India News | Police Begin Probe After Woman Suffers Bullet Injury in J-K's Pulwama

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Police on Saturday registered a case after a woman suffered a bullet injury in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Srinagar, Apr 17 (PTI) Police on Saturday registered a case after a woman suffered a bullet injury in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

A police spokesman said Shakeela Banu, wife of Ghulam Nabi Lone, a resident of Darganie Gund area of Tral in the south Kashmir district suffered bullet injuries on Friday night.

"Her husband and in-laws kept the incident a secret and ferried her to a nearby hospital in Aripal, then to sub-district hospital Tral but did not disclose to doctors anything regarding the bullet injury," the spokesman said.

The family members informed doctors that she was suffering from abdominal pain and heart problem, he said, adding she was referred to SMHS Hospital in Srinagar, where she was diagnosed with a bullet injury.

Police recovered an empty bullet cartridge from the house of the woman, the spokesman said.

A case has been registered and the matter is being probed, he said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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