2 CRPF men killed in militant ambush

TNN Bureau. Updated: 7/14/2018 8:36:12 AM Front Page

Searches in Kupwara, Bandipore

SRINAGAR: Two CRPF personnel, including an officer, were killed and another jawan was injured when militants attacked a patrol party in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, official sources said.

A civilian was also injured in the attack.

Sources said that militants attacked a CRPF patrol party at Achabal Chowk in this town on Friday.

Three CRPF personnel and a civilian were injured in the attack, they said.

The injured were immediately taken to a hospital, where two of the personnel succumbed. The deceased have been identified as ASI M L Meena and Constable Sandeep Singh.

They said the militants managed to escape from the spot, adding the entire area has been sealed and a massive search operation has been launched to nab the attackers.
Meanwhile, despite unfavourable weather conditions, security forces continued massive search operations in the woods in the frontier district of Kupwara, where so far a Paratrooper and an unidentified militant were killed since the Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched three days ago.

Meanwhile, “ Search and Destroy” operation against militant hideout was also going on in Bandipora district.

Official sources said that with the first light this morning security forces resumed search operation in Kandi forest in Kupwara against militants hiding there. However, no fresh contact was established since Thursday when an unidentified militant was killed in the encounter.

On July 11 two soldiers were injured when militants hiding in the forest opened fire on a search party. Later one of the injured soldier identified as Paratrooper Mukut Bihari Meena succumbed while another has been admitted to Drugmulla Army hospital.

Sources told UNI that massive search operation was going on in the forest despite bad weather as reports said some more militants are still hiding there.

Meanwhile, operation “ search and destroy” launched by security forces in the woods in the north Kashmir district of Bandipora also continued for the past few days, sources said. Troops of Army and other security agencies have launched a joint S&D operation in the vast dense fast in Bandipora following a tip off about the presence of militants and their hideouts early this week. Intelligence reports were received about the presence of militants and their hideout in the forest in Bandipora which they are using during winter when there is snowfall. The operation is to destroy the hideouts so that militants could not use them during the harsh winter, they said.


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