CRPF man killed in south Kashmir’s Anantnag after militants fire at patrol party

Our Correspondent
Anantnag, April 7

A CRPF man was killed after militants fired at a patrol party of the force, early Tuesday evening, here in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district.

The slain paratrooper has been identified as Head Constable Shiv Lal.

The firing incident took place near the police station, Bijbehara along the old national highway at around 4:45 pm on Tuesday.

“The militants opened fire at a joint patrol party of the police and the CRPF. One CRPF jawan was injured in the firing, who later succumbed to his injuries,” a senior police official from Bijbehara said.

Injured Shiv Lal was immediately rushed to the Sub-District hospital, located near to the site of the attack.

“We gave him first aid and shifted him to the Anantnag Government Medical College Hospital,” a doctor at the hospital said.

In Anantnag, the doctors said, that he was declared brought dead with bullet wounds to his chest.

Following the firing incident, a cache of security forces cordoned off the already deserted Bijbehara market and conducted searches to try and nab the attackers.

The slain CRPF jawan of 116 Bn was deployed for law and order duty in Bijbahara, a spokesman of the force said in Srinagar.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on the CRPF in Bijbehara. The claim has been posted by Amaq Agency.