J-K: SHO injured in Anantnag attack succumbs to injuries at AIIMS

Jammu & Kashmir Police SHO Arshad Khan, who was critically injured in a suicide terror attack at KP Road in Anantnag last Wednesday, succumbed to injuries at AIIMS-Delhi today. He was shifted to AIIMS from Srinagar in view of his critical condition.

New Delhi: The Station House Officer (SHO) Arshad Khan of Jammu and Kashmir Police, who was injured in Anantnag terror attack on June 12, succumbed to his injuries at the AIIMS here on Sunday.

Khan, 40, was flown to the national capital earlier in the day after his condition deteriorated but doctors here could not save his life.

Five CRPF personnel attained martyrdom and three others were injured when their patrol party was attacked by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday.

Terrorists carried out a stand-off firing attack at KP Road in Anantnag at about 4:50 pm on Wednesday.

Among those martyred were are ASI Ramesh Kumar (Jhajjar, Haryana), ASI Nirod Sarma (Nalbari, Assam), CT Satendra Kumar (Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh), CT Mahesh Kumar Kushwaha (Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh) and CT Sandeep Yadav (Dewas, Madhya Pradesh).