A CRPF JAWAN, 2 WOMEN INJURED IN CHANAPORA GRENADE ATTACK

SRINAGAR: A CRPF jawan and two women were injured on Friday after terrorists lobbed grenade on security forces at Chanapora area in Jammu & Kashmir’s Srinagar, officials said.

According to officials, the terrorists lobbed the grenade on the security forces near the government residential quarters in the city. The injured have been admitted to a hospital, the official added. Soon after the attack, police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the area. A CRPF spokesperson said that unknown militants lobbed a grenade, targeting the troops of 29 Battalion deployed for road opening party at Chanpora. “In this incident, constable Jitendar Kumar Yadav sustained minor splinter injuries in his thigh and left hand and was evacuated to the unit for first aid. The condition of constable is stable,” he said.

A woman also sustained minor injuries in the grenade attack. On August 10, at least nine people were injured in a grenade attack by suspected terrorists in Srinagar on Tuesday, officials said. The terrorists attempted to hurl the grenade towards a bunker vehicle of paramilitary SSB forces and it exploded on the roadside at Hari Singh High Street in the city centre after hitting the vehicle. The area remains very busy with people owing to congested business establishments and installations.

On August 9, BJP’s Kisan Morcha president of Kulgam, Gulam Rasool Dar, and his wife were killed by terrorists in the Lal Chowk area of Anantnag.