In what is being described as the worst terror attack in J-K in decades, at least 37 CRPF personnel were killed in Pulwama. | IN PICS
Altogether 35 personnel of the Assam Rifles, which guards the Indo-Myanmar border and fights militants in the northeast, were killed in action in the last three years.
The naxals had dug spike holes containing arrows made of iron rod to cause harm to election staff and CRPF personnel.
According to police, terrorists late Monday evening fired upon a security forces' camp at Newa in District Pulwama in south Kashmir.
The security forces have intensified patrolling in the interior forests of the Naxal-hit districts, in view of Assembly polls in the state next month.
Critically injured, Naseer was immediately rushed to the district hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The militants lobbed the grenade at the deployment of CRPF personnel at Jawbara in the Awantipora area on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, a police official said.
Militants hurled a grenade towards security forces at Bijbehara in Anantnag district, resulting in injuries to four personnel.
The material includes detonator, detonating material, connecting wires, electric chargers, batteries, mobile phones and remote control activating devices.
A BSF chopper carrying top CRPF officials deployed in anti-Naxal operations made an emergency landing in Aurangabad district of Bihar today after developing a technical problem
According to latest reports, militants have managed to escape following the grenade attack.
The two-month-long pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath will commence on June 28.
Jammu and Kashmir: Stone pelters attack CRPF convoy in Banihal
Locals pelt stone over CRPF vehicle in Jammu. The incident took place when CRPF jawans were returning from Srinagar to Jammu.
The gunbattle began around 7 am in the Dalbhaga-Arki area of Saraikela-Kharsawan district when a joint team of the 209th Battalion of the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the Jharkhand Police was out for an operation.
CRPF vehicle attacked by stone pelters in Jammu and Kashmir
It may be recalled that on Friday terrorists attacked the house of PDP MLA Mushtaq Shah in Tral area of Pulwama district.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has also criticised media reports showing just one aspect of the incident.
Media reports suggested that the CRPF vehicle lost control as it was attacked by the locals with stones, despite the ongoing ceasefire for the month of Ramzaan.
The gunfight broke out when the security forces were carrying out cordon and search operations in the area.
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