5 CRPF jawans martyred in Anantnag terror strike, 1 terrorist shot ded

June 12: Five CRPF personnel were killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag on Wednesday, while three personnel have sustained injuries. A terrorist was killed by the security forces and an AK series assault rifle was recovered from him.

Two terrorists on a motorcycle attacked a patrol party of the CRPF on the busy K P Road in Anantnag with automatic rifles. They also hurled grenades at the patrol team. The soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty have been identified as Ramesh Kumar from Haryana’s Jhajjar, Nirod Sarma from Assam’s Nalbari, Satendra Kumar from UP’s Muzaffarnagar, Mahesh Kumar Kushwaha from UP’s Ghazipur and Sandeep Yadav from Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas.

Al-Umar Mujahideen, a defunct terror group, claimed responsibility for the strike. However, officials said that it was a handiwork of Jaish-e-Mohammed. The Station House Officer of Anantnag Police Station, Arshad Ahmed, was also injured in the attack and has been shifted to Srinagar for treatment.