In another targeted attack on the security forces, an Assistant Sub Inspector of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was martyred in the South Kashmir district of Pulwama on Sunday.
The martyred CRPF officer has been identified as Vinod Kumar, a resident of Farukkabad area of Uttar Pradesh.
According to a tweet of Kashmir Zone police, " terrorists fired upon Naka party at Gangoo Crossing, Pulwama from nearby Apple orchard. In this terror incident 01 CRPF personnel ASI Vinod Kumar got seriously injured. He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he attained martyrdom". Soon after the attack took place the entire area was cordoned off and searches were launched in the nearby orchards to track down the foot prints of the terrorists.
This is the second major strike on a senior cop in the last six days in the Kashmir valley.
Earlier, an ASI of Jammu and Kashmir police attained martyrdom on July 12 in the Lal Bazaar area of Srinagar while two other jawans received injuries.
The attack took place a day after the EID festivities were still going on in the Kashmir valley.
Since January 1, 2022 around two dozen security personnel which included 12 JKP personnel have been killed in various operations, incidents of terrorist violence in the Kashmir valley. Out of these two dozen security personnel 11 belonged to other central para military forces ,jawans of the Indian army.