3 BSF jawans injured in militant attack

PTI Updated - November 22, 2017 at 07:23 PM.

Security personnels cordoned area after suspected militants attacked a Border Security Force (BSF) convoy at Nowgam Srinagar- Jammu National Highway in Srinagar on Thursday. Three BSF jawans were injured in the attack. (Photo: Nissar Ahmad)

Three BSF jawans were injured, one of them critically, in a militant attack on their convoy in the outskirts of the city today, police said.

The ultras opened firing on the convoy of 8th Battalion BSF near Chanapora bridge in the outskirts of the city, resulting in injuries to three constables, the police said.

All the three injured personnel have been admitted to 92 Base Hospital of the Army at Badamibagh cantonment.

The injured have been identified as Hem Singh, Kalita and Saikia. The condition of Kalita is stated to be critical as he has been hit by a bullet in the ear.

Two empty cartridges of AK ammunition have been recovered from the scene. This is the second attack on security forces after March 13 incident.

On March 13, five CRPF personnel were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Bemina area of the city.

Two militants were killed in the retaliatory action, while police has arrested four persons including a Pakistani national in the course of investigations into the attack.

Published on March 21, 2013 06:00