The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will send 18 more companies (1,800 personnel) to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) following the recent back-to-back killings of six people in Rajouri district in Jammu division. The additional 18 companies will be deployed mainly in Poonch and Rajouri districts. While eight companies will be deployed by pooling in personnel from nearby locations of deployment in J&K, another 10 CRPF companies will be rushed from Delhi, officials said.
The move comes amid Intelligence inputs about a likely terror attack in Jammu region. This prompted the Union Home Ministry to issue an order for mobilisation of more forces for deployment in Jammu. Six people, including two children, were killed and many others injured in two separate terror attacks in Upper Dangri Village in Rajouri district on Sunday evening and early on Monday morning.
In Monday’s attack, two minors were killed and several others injured after a suspected IED exploded in the village and another suspected IED was spotted in the area near the village which is about eight km from Rajouri town. The explosion took place near the house where four civilians were killed and many more were injured by terrorists in a targeted shooting incident on Sunday evening. About 12 were injured in the two attacks. The injured victims are undergoing treatment in Jammu hospital.