Militants attack bank in Kashmir, fire at CRPF jawan; one held

SRINAGAR: Security forces foiled an attempt by militants to rob a bank in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir and arrested one ultra on Friday, police said here.

Two armed men entered into a branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank on the tehsil office premises in Mehandi Kadal in Anantnag on Friday afternoon. Security personnel deployed there tried to apprehend the militants, but they opened fire, a police official said.

He said a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable sustained bullet injury in his right hand. One of the militants, who was carrying a weapon, managed to escape.

However, his accomplice was apprehended by police and CRPF personnel, the official said, adding that he has been identified as Muneeb Ahmad Malla of Reshipora in Shopian district.

CRPF spokesman Rajesh Yadav said a head constable was hit by a bullet in his hand. “Despite the injury to one of the men, the forces managed to overpower the other attacker. He is being interrogated,” he said.