SRINAGAR : Three CRPF personnel were injured after motorcycle-borne terrorists opened fire at a security checkpoint at Akhran near Mir Bazar in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday afternoon. One of the injured personnel was initially reported to be in critical condition.
The attackers fled after firing indiscriminately at the security personnel. Reinforcements were rushed to the spot and a cordon-and-search operation launched to track down the assailants. The attack took place while Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha was visiting Kulgam for a literary festival, although the venue was away from the site of the incident