As the Centre's special representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma began his five-day visit to the state today, the CRPF said there were inputs about terrorists stepping up violence to disrupt the peace initiative.
Official sources said Dineshwar Sharma would be secured by commandos of the CRPF whenever he travels to any part of the country.
When a contingent of CRPF jawans arrived at the Jammu airport to board a chartered aircraft bound for Srinagar, they were welcomed with a thunderous applause by the public.
The usage of pellets in the Kashmir Valley had come under heavy criticism after locals suffered grevious injuries, including blindness in some cases, in the last few years.
The minister also urged the police forces, both under the Centre and the states, to adapt new technology and psychological solutions to “control and divert the minds” of the rampaging crowds
Rajnath Singh on Thursday lamented the "delay" in supply of weapons and critical equipment to the CRPF by the defence ministry and said there was a need to develop a framework involving defence PSUs to address the issue
While a total of 1,590 incidents of stone pelting were registered last year, this year the latest figures are 424, which is "half of what was last year"
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has killed 75 militants, including top commanders of the Lashkar, Hizb and Jaish outfits, and apprehended 252 others in Jammu and Kashmir this year
A CRPF officer was injured today when militants carried out a grenade attack in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, a police official said.
The retirement age of medical officers working in central armed police forces like the CRPF and BSF has been enhanced from 60 to 65 years.
The video is said to have been shot on Sunday after evening prayers at the JuD headquarters in Lahore while the encounter to eliminate militants was underway in Srinagar.
Militants fired upon CRPF deployment near Pantha chowk bypass around 1750 hours, causing bullet injuries to a jawan and the driver of the vehicle.
Security forces have been continuously undertaking search operations in Chintalnar, Chintagufa and Jagargunda areas of the district, around 400 kms away from here, following the Burkapal incident.
Multiple incidents of terrorists targeting security forces with grenade attacks rocked the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, injuring as many as 13 jawans
Militants fired a grenade at the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Tral town of Pulwama, a police official said.
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