Jawan dies of cardiac arrest during search op in Srinagar

An Army jawan who was part of a search operation on the city outskirts died following a cardiac arrest, officials said on Friday.

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A senior official identified the deceased as Jasvinder Singh of the Army’s 34 Assam Rifles. Sources said the deceased was part of a group of personnel engaged in a search operation in the Faqeer Gujri Dara Harwan area on the Srinagar outskirts.

CRPF constable too collapses on duty

• A CRPF constable died after he fell unconscious in Anantnag district on Thursday
• He was posted in the Matan area. Initial investigation suggested that he died of cardiac arrest

Earlier this week, a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist allegedly involved in the October attack near a tunnel construction site in the Gagangir area of Ganderbal was killed in the Dachigam forest. Junaid Ahmed Bhat, a category “A” LeT militant, was wanted for his alleged involvement in the October 20 attack in which a local doctor and six employees of Apco Infratech were killed.

After the operation, the security forces had started search operations in the forest areas. The Dachigam forest, around 20 km from Srinagar, is also close to the Zabarwan range of the Himalayas where a gunfight took place between terrorists and security forces last month.