CRPF trooper killed, 2 army jawans injured in separate militant attacks in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A CRPF trooper was killed and two army jawans were injured in two separate militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday. Militants this evening attacked an army party in Pulwama's Kakapora area, resulting in injuries to two jawans. An army unit of 50 RR was attacked when they were trying to establish a cordon at Gundbagh. Militants, who were hiding, attacked the army personnel. Earlier in the days, militants lobbed a grenade and fired on a CRPF camp in Kakapora area of the district in south Kashmir Sunday evening, a police official said, adding the attack was successfully repulsed by the security forces. However, in the attack, a CRPF jawan identified as Head Constable Chandrika Prasad sustained injuries, the official said. Prasad was shifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries. The official said as the militants were trying to flee the area after the attack, security forces immediately cordoned off the area and initiated searches. "Consequently, exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists took place till the last report was received," he said, adding further details were awaited.