Militant Attack: One SPO Of JKP, 2 CRPF Jawans Martyred
Militant Attack: One SPO of JKP, 2 CRPF jawan martyred in Baramulla terror attack, search operation continues. Militant attack on a joint block set up by CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel in the Kerry area of Baramulla in North Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir Police SPO Shaheed Muzaffar Ahmad while two CRPF 119 battalion jawans Lokesh Sharma and Khurshid Khan were martyred in the sudden firing on the Naka Party by terrorists. While firing, the terrorists managed to escape from the spot. At the same time, soon after this incident, the army, police, and CRPF personnel have conducted a search operation while sieging the area. At present, no terrorist encounter is reported yet.
According to information received from the police, 119 militants of CRPF and a joint Naka party of police stationed in the Kerry area of Baramulla district were suddenly attacked by some militants this morning. Three jawans were seriously injured in this attack on the Naka party by ambush.
These included one SPO of Jammu and Kashmir and two CRPF personnel. The injured were immediately rushed to the nearest hospital. Doctors declared SPO Muzaffar Ahmed brought dead, while two other CRPF personnel, Lokesh Sharma and Khurshid Khan, also succumbed to injuries sustained during treatment.
Confirming this, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that an SPO of Jammu and Kashmir Police and two CRPF personnel have been killed in an attack by militants in Baramulla this morning. They said that these terrorists were hiding near the Naka Party. On getting a chance, he suddenly started firing on him. Earlier, the security personnel escaped from the scene, grabbing and firing their positions.
At the same time, additional troops of Army, CRPF, and Police reached the spot and they started a search operation while sieging the area. Security forces said that they have sealed the entire area. At present, the search is being done for the outer areas, after that house-to-house will also be searched. This is the second attack on militants’ security forces in the last 24 hours in North Kashmir. On Sunday, militants attacked a Sopore village army patrol.
