A militant and a civilian were killed on Monday when the former opened fire at a security checkpoint on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Udhampur district of Jammu. At least three CRPF personnel were injured in the attack.
The militant opened fire when a State Road Transport Corporation bus proceeding from Srinagar to Jammu was stopped by a joint team of the police and the CRPF near Kud town on Monday afternoon. Three CRPF men were injured in the initial fire.
“The police and the CRPF were checking all Jammu-bound vehicles in the Kral Nallah area in Kud. When they stopped an SRTC bus, a militant opened fire. One AK-47 rifle and one pistol were recovered from the slain militant,” said Director-General of Police K. Rajendra Kumar. The police believe only one militant was involved in the firing. “Three civilians — two women and a child — were injured,” he said. The area was sealed and traffic was stopped on the highway to ensure no militant was hiding in the hilly area.
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Inspector-General of Police, Jammu, Danish Rana said, “Firing stopped by Monday evening .” He said a combing operation was on. “The identity of the militant is being ascertained,” he said.
The attack comes just a day after four police personnel were injured in a militant attack in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Militant have stepped up activities in the State with six attacks in just two weeks, which left six police personnel and three BSF personnel dead.
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Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Simrandeep Singh on Monday imposed restrictions on air-borne activities, such as paragliding, in the Jammu region. He said there were inputs that militants “may try to use sub-conventional tactics to target the Indian Air Force, the Army or the police installations in the region