Terrorists attack CRPF convoy in Srinagar, officer martyred
Several terrorists on Saturday opened fire at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy near the Army cantonment in Pantha Chowk in J&K's Srinagar and fled towards a school nearby. While a CRPF Sub Inspector has been martyred in the shelling, at least two CRPF jawans and a civilian have been injured. The attack has been claimed by Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Terrorists today opened fire at a CRPF convoy near the Army cantonment in Srinagar's Pantha Chowk and fled towards a school nearby. A CRPF sub inspector has been martyred in the shelling. Another soldier and a civilian have sustained injuries in the attack claimed by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Abdullah Ghaznavi, LeT spokesperson, called a local news agency to say the outfit was behind the attack. The militants fled towards Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar, which has been cordoned off. The school was closed at the time of the attack. A room-to-room search is underway in the premises of DPS to nab the terrorists.Appropriate response will be given.There is no security lapse: ADG CRPF on firing on CRPF vehicle near Srinagar's Pantha Chowk (J&K) pic.twitter.com/Hrqp1jQnPuThe martyred sub inspector has been identified as GD Sahab Shukla a resident of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, a policeman was injured after a police jawan misfired. It was a close shave for SSP who was in the vicinity when the policeman misfired.More details awaited. Also read: Congress student wing chief justifies stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir Also read: Video claims Zakir Musa's Taliban-e-Kashmir provided info to forces about LeT militants killed by Army 