Srinagar, Nov 14: Director General CRPF G.P. Singh visited Kashmir Valley on November 13 and 14 following the November 11 terror attack on CRPF personnel in Kulgam district, reviewing the security situation and directing intensified counter-insurgency operations.

Soon after arriving in Srinagar on November 13, the DG visited the attack site near Nowpora in the Akhran area of Kulgam. He reviewed the ground situation, security arrangements and ongoing search operation, accompanied by senior CRPF officers.
He later visited the Army’s 92 Base Hospital at Badami Bagh Cantonment, where he met Head Constable (GD) Sonbir Singh of 46 Battalion CRPF, who is undergoing treatment for serious injuries sustained during the attack.
The DG enquired about the jawan’s health and treatment, praised his courage and swift retaliation and wished him a speedy recovery.
He also attended a security review meeting with senior officers of J&K Police, the Army and other security agencies.
On November 14, Singh chaired an Operational Conference at Group Centre CRPF Srinagar, attended by SDG (Operations) Vitul Kumar, SDG J&K Zone Sandeep Khirwar, IG Operations Kashmir Sector Vineet Brijlal, IG Srinagar Sector Pawan Kumar Sharma and other senior officers and ground commanders.
During the conference, the DG directed officers to intensify counter-insurgency operations across the Valley, strengthen the security grid, improve real-time coordination among security forces and maintain heightened operational readiness to neutralise terrorist elements and their support networks.
The meeting also reviewed strategies for sustained and intensified counter-insurgency operations in the region.
The DG felicitated personnel involved in the successful Operation Ashdhar and Operation Korag, conducted in Budgam in September 2026, in which two Lashkar-e-Taiba foreign terrorists, Yasir and Hashim Moosa, were neutralised.
He commended the troops for their professionalism, courage and operational excellence in challenging terrain, saying intelligence-based operations had strengthened the security framework in Central Kashmir and reinforced the force’s commitment to peace and stability.