Kulgam attack: CRPF DG discusses security situation with Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha as hunt for attacker intensifies

Jammu and Kashmir Central Reserve Police Force CRPF Special Director General Sandeep Khirwar on Thursday called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and discussed the prevailing security scenario in the Union Territory according to a release from Lok BhawanThe meeting came after three CRPF personnel from the 46th Battalion were injured after the unidentified assailant opened fire on them around 215 pm on Wednesday when they were on naka checkpost duty The incident spot was around 4 km from the National HighwayThe injured personnel were identified as Head Constable Somveer Singh and Constables Rakesh Dass and Santosh Chandru Chandru a resident of West Bengal sustained injuries to his abdomen and spine and his condition is stated to be serious Constable Rakesh Dass who hails from Assam suffered a bullet injury to his leg while Head Constable Somveer Singh a resident of Madhya Pradesh sustained a bullet injury to his arm Both are stated to be stableThe injured CRPF personnel were initially shifted to Anantnag district hospital from where the critically injured was later shifted to Srinagars Badamibagh Army Hospital for treatmentFurther Ramban Police and the public observed a twominute silence to pay tribute to the two JK Police SPOs who lost their lives in the line of dutyMeanwhile a multiagency search operation in close coordination with Jammu and Kashmir Police CRPF and Indian Army has been launched at various places across Kashmir to nab the perpetratorsAs the multiagency search operation continued across Kashmir to nab the perpetrators behind indiscriminate firing on a naka injuring three CRPF personnel a day ago intelligence gathering and reports collected from the spot so far indicated the handiwork of one attacker who came on foot and launched burst gunfire using a highcalibre weapon possibly an AK47 from nearly 5060 gauge before fleeing from the spot in South Kashmirs Akhran area in Kulgam districtOfficials privy to the development told ANI that the attacker came on foot emerged from the row of closed shops and fired bullets at the three CRPF personnel deployed on the checkpost which was nearly 100 metres away from the CRPFs 46th Battalion campOnly one person fired on the CRPF personnel deployed on the naka The shooter fired from a range of around 5060 gauge It was a sudden fire from the row of closed shops across the road near the naka said an official citing the inputs collected from the spot till nowIn Kulgam district a massive cordon and search operation CASO continued on Thursday after unidentified motorcycleborne assailants opened fire on CRPF personnel deployed at a security checkpoint in Nowpora Akhran on WednesdayIn another incident from Kishtwar the bulletriddled bodies of the two SPOs identified as Babi Chand 57 and Rashpal Kumar 45 were recovered on Thursday morning a day after they went missing in the remote Dachhan beltThe two personnel were posted with the Special Operations Group SOG of the local police at Kiyar village in Dachhan They had gone missing on Wednesday while travelling from their camp towards an Army post at DharnaMarwahThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever