Srinagar: Two personnel of the Railway Protection Force were attacked by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district today. Head Constable Surinder Singh and Assistant Sub-Inspector Devraj were shot near a tea stall in Kakapora.
Police said at around 6.05 pm, the police received information about a terror attack in the Kakapora area of Pulwama where terrorists had indiscriminately fired upon two RPF personnel – ASI Devraj Kumar and Head Constable Surinder Kumar – outside the Railway Station.
The two were taken immediately to a hospital, where doctors declared Surinder Singh dead on arrival. “A cordon and search operation was launched after the attack, but the attackers have managed to escape,” sources said.”
There has been a spurt in terrorist attacks in Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, due on April 24. PM Modi will address a major rally near Jammu which will be attended by thousands of panchayat members to mark the Panchayat Raj Day.
Over the last three weeks, terrorists have stepped up attacks on security forces and civilians in the Kashmir Valley. This was the ninth attack this month. Targeted killings of outsiders who came to Jammu and Kashmir in search of jobs, and indigenous Kashmiri pandits, have also increased.
(Vinayak)
