Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said that the Special Police Officer who fled with 7 AK-47 rifles and a pistol from PDP MLA’s official residence in Srinagar was in contact with militants across the Line of Control.

Director General Police, Dilbagh Singh while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of police darbar in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district, said that the SPO had contacts with militants across LoC.

The J&K police chief said that the police has registered a case into the incident and they are investigating into all the leads.