The militants had entered into the premises of DPS Srinagar last evening after carrying out an attack on the CRPF personnel deployed on road opening duty near the school on Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
An encounter broke out at DPS Srinagar on Sunday morning after security forces launched an offensive attack to weed out the militants who were hiding inside the school. “The exchange of firing between security forces and militants began at around 3.40 am and is going on intermittently, ” a police official said.
This comes hours after militants attacked CRPF (Central Reserved Police Force) personnel deployed on road opening duty on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, which is close to the school in Pantha chowk . The attack resulted in the death of a CRPF officer and an injured constable. The deceased has been identified as sub-inspector Sahib Shukla and the injured as constable-driver Nissar Ahmed.
The site of the attack happens to be a high-security zone located less than a kilometre away from the headquarters of Indian Army’s Chinar Corps. The area was immediately cordoned off by the security forces and search operations were launched in the school premises. Sources said drone cameras and other hi-tech gadgets were used to trace the location of the militants but police officials refused to comment on operational details.
Share
0 comments:
Post a Comment