CRPF jawan killed in grenade attack in south Kashmir

A Central Reserve Police Force soldier was killed and another injured after a suspected militant fired at a patrolling party in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday.

“At around 1730 hrs [5.30 pm], unknown terrorist fired and hurled a grenade targeting the troops of G/116 Bn CRPF deployed for L&O duty,” an official release said. “One person of CRPF received bullet injury, evacuated to hospital but succumbed to injuries and attained martyrdom.”

The encounter occurred in the district’s Bijbehara area. One of the CRPF soldiers, identified as Shiv Lal, was seriously wounded in the attack and later succumbed to his injuries later, Kashmir Reader reported. “The injured was rushed to SDH Bijbehara for treatment,” an unidentified official said. “However, doctors there referred him to GMC [Government Medical College] Anantnag for specialised treatment.”