
Several suspects picked up for questioning
Srinagar, Nov 13: Two days after three CRPF personnel were injured in a terrorist attack in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Friday visited the district and reviewed the security situation amid an ongoing manhunt for Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammed Lateef Bhat, suspected to be behind the attack.
Officials said the DG also interacted with field officers of the CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police at Sadura in Anantnag and discussed the way forward for intensifying counter-insurgency operations in the Valley.
The DG CRPF accompanied by senior CRPF officials visited the injured jawan Sonbir Singh, who is currently undergoing treatment at the Army Hospital in Srinagar.
He had sustained serious injuries in the terror attack.
"DG CRPF lauded his indomitable spirit and gallant action, noting that his swift retaliation successfully foiled the terrorists' nefarious designs and averted a major incident. He wished him a speedy and complete recovery," a CRPF spokesman said.
He said DG also complimented and conveyed gratitude to Indian Army for providing quick helicopter support for evacuation of the injured and subsequent high quality treatment at Army Hospital.
On Wednesday three CRPF personnel were injured when terrorists opened fire on a naka party near Akhran Bridge at Mir Bazar in Kulgam.
Immediately after the attack, security forces launched a massive cordon and search operation in the area to track down the terrorists.
The search operation continued on the third day on Friday. The forces have erected barricades and deployed armoured vehicles at several places in the district.
Checking and frisking of vehicles is being undertaken at the security check-points as a tight vigil is being maintained, they added.
The security agencies are using human and technical intelligence to aid the operation, the officials said.
They said several suspects have been picked up for questioning by the police.
Security has also been beefed up elsewhere in the valley as police and paramilitary forces conducted random searches of vehicles in Srinagar city and other districts of Kashmir.
Investigators suspect local LeT terrorist Lateef Bhat was among the attackers, sources said.
They said two Pakistan terrorists were also involved in the attack.
Lateef is also suspected in earlier attacks in south Kashmir, including the July assault on two migrant labourers in the Kelam area near Akhran village and the killing of a police head constable in Anantnag the same month. He is believed to be the last surviving local terrorist active in the Valley, and police have said he is being supported by a few foreign terrorists.
Several suspects picked up for questioning
Srinagar, Nov 13: Two days after three CRPF personnel were injured in a terrorist attack in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Gyanendra Pratap Singh on Friday visited the district and reviewed the security situation amid an ongoing manhunt for Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammed Lateef Bhat, suspected to be behind the attack.
Officials said the DG also interacted with field officers of the CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police at Sadura in Anantnag and discussed the way forward for intensifying counter-insurgency operations in the Valley.
The DG CRPF accompanied by senior CRPF officials visited the injured jawan Sonbir Singh, who is currently undergoing treatment at the Army Hospital in Srinagar.
He had sustained serious injuries in the terror attack.
"DG CRPF lauded his indomitable spirit and gallant action, noting that his swift retaliation successfully foiled the terrorists' nefarious designs and averted a major incident. He wished him a speedy and complete recovery," a CRPF spokesman said.
He said DG also complimented and conveyed gratitude to Indian Army for providing quick helicopter support for evacuation of the injured and subsequent high quality treatment at Army Hospital.
On Wednesday three CRPF personnel were injured when terrorists opened fire on a naka party near Akhran Bridge at Mir Bazar in Kulgam.
Immediately after the attack, security forces launched a massive cordon and search operation in the area to track down the terrorists.
The search operation continued on the third day on Friday. The forces have erected barricades and deployed armoured vehicles at several places in the district.
Checking and frisking of vehicles is being undertaken at the security check-points as a tight vigil is being maintained, they added.
The security agencies are using human and technical intelligence to aid the operation, the officials said.
They said several suspects have been picked up for questioning by the police.
Security has also been beefed up elsewhere in the valley as police and paramilitary forces conducted random searches of vehicles in Srinagar city and other districts of Kashmir.
Investigators suspect local LeT terrorist Lateef Bhat was among the attackers, sources said.
They said two Pakistan terrorists were also involved in the attack.
Lateef is also suspected in earlier attacks in south Kashmir, including the July assault on two migrant labourers in the Kelam area near Akhran village and the killing of a police head constable in Anantnag the same month. He is believed to be the last surviving local terrorist active in the Valley, and police have said he is being supported by a few foreign terrorists.
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