Srinagar, April 18: A Railway Protection Force personnel was killed and another injured in a militant attack in the Kakapora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday.
Quoting a top police officer, news agency GNS reported that two cops of Railway Protection Force were injured after militants attack them at Kakapora.
Both the injured personnel were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment, where one of them succumbed to his injuries, the officer said.
He said the whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers, the police officer added.
Police Press Release is produced verbatim below:
”One Railway Protection Force personnel was martyred and another injured by terrorists in a gruesome terror attack at Kakapora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Today at about 1805hrs police received information about a terror crime incident at Kakapora area of Pulwama where terrorists had indiscriminately fired upon 02 RPF personnel namely ASI Devraj Kumar and HC Surinder Kumar, outside Railway Station Kakapora. In this terror crime incident, both the personnel received critical gunshot injuries and were immediately evacuated to hospital for the treatment to their injuries however, Surinder Kumar succumbed to his injuries and attained martyrdom.
J&K Police stands by the family of Martyr at this critical juncture and pays rich tributes to the martyr.
Police has registered a case under relevant sections of law and initiated investigation. Officers continue to work to establish the full circumstances of the terror crime while the whole area has been cordoned off with the help of reinforcement and search in the area is going on.”