6 CRPF personnel injured in Srinagar grenade attack

: At least six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in a grenade attack in the Karan Nagar area of Srinagar on Saturday evening, officials said.

The security forces fired some shots in the air in retaliation, officials said. This is the fourth grenade attack in the Valley since the government nullified the Constitution's Article 370 that gave special status to J&K.

The officials said militants lobbed a grenade on a CRPF deployment in the evening. “Six CRPF men were injured. All of them have minor injuries,” said CRPF special DG (J&K Zone) Zulfiquar Hasan.

CRPF PRO Pankaj Singh said that Bravo 144 battalion of CRPF was the target of the attack. “The attack was on CRPF deployement who were on area domination operation. We are on the spot and ascertaining the exact number of injuries,” he said.

Additional forces were rushed to the spot after the attack. Operation is on to trace the attacker, said CRPF IG (operations) Zulfiquar Hasan.

On October 12, At least seven persons, including a woman, were injured in a grenade attack in a market place at Hari Singh high street in Srinagar. On October 5, at least 14 persons, including two women and a cop, were injured in a grenade attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Last month, CRPF had claimed that its men on law and order duties in Srinagar were targeted by a grenade which did not cause any damage.