CRPF personnel injured in militant attack in Pulwama

Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the CRPF was injured in a grenade explosion in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.

Srinagar: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the CRPF was injured in a grenade explosion in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.

Militants hurled a grenade near a CRPF personnel near Tral bus stand in Pulwama district of South Kashmir at around 11.30 am today, a police official said.

He said the explosion caused minor injuries to ASI Asim Ali. Another official Mehraj-ud-Din Sheikh also received some minor injuries.

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The injured CRPF personnel was shifted to Tral hospital, the official said, adding, the area has been cordoned off and a hunt has been launched to nab the attackers. A police has started an investigation.

With PTI inputs