Lagatar24 Desk
Pulwama, Oct 2: A police personnel was killed in the line of duty and CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) personnel got injured when terrorists fired at a joint team of CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police in Pulwama on Sunday.
The area has been cordoned off and additional forces have been deployed to assist the security forces in the terror attack, the Kashmir zonal police said.
“Terrorists fired upon joint party of CRPF and Police at Pinglana, Pulwama. In this terror attack, one Police personnel got martyred and one CRPF personnel got injured. Reinforcement sent. Area being cordoned,” said Jammu and Kashmir Police.
#Terrorists fired upon joint naka party of CRPF & Police at Pinglana, #Pulwama. In this #terror attack, 01 Police personnel got #martyred & 01 CRPF personnel got injured. Reinforcement sent. Area being #cordoned. Further details shall follow.@JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) October 2, 2022
This comes hours after a terrorist linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was shot dead in an encounter in J&K’s Shopian. The terrorist was identified as Naseer Ahmad Bhat who was involved in several terror crimes, Vijay Kumar, ADGP, Kashmir, said.
During the search operations, incriminating materials and weapons, including an AK rifle, was recovered.
