In a bid to create scare in south Kashmir’s poll bound areas, militants struck near Pulwama on Wednesday evening killing a junior Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer and injuring seven others including two civilians.
Sixteen constituencies in Kashmir including four in Pulwama district are going to polls in the third phase of elections on December 9.Sources said that militants hurled grenades and opened fire on a joint party of police and CRPF at Pahoo Village near Pulwama on Wednesday.Initial reports said that eight persons received bullet and splinter injuries in the attack. “The wounded were immediately shifted to hospital where Assistant Sub-Inspector Shamsher Singh succumbed. Three CRPF personnel, two policemen and two civilians have been wounded in the attack”, sources said.
The attack took place when the joint party was withdrawing from the area after the daylong deployment. Hundreds of police and CRPF men are deployed in the area to ensure incident-free campaigning of the political parties. The election fever was peaking in the area as poll day drew closer.