Two security personnel were injured during a terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force checkpoint at Akhran in Kulgam in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.
A cordon and search operation has been launched to track down attackers. The attack took place mid-afternoon at Akhran near Mir Bazar in Kulgam district. The injured personnel were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag district for treatment,” the statement added. Last month in Chhattisgarh, four CRPF officers were injured in an IED blast while defusing residual explosives at Alarmedgu camp in Sukma district.
“The incident took place at around 2.15 pm when the assailants fired at the CRPF personnel before fleeing the spot.
“Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured after unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on security personnel deployed at a naka (checkpoint) in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir this afternoon,” the CRPF said in a statement.
