Paramilitary Officer Dies In Terrorist Attack In Kashmir's Pulwama

A paramilitary officer was killed in action after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Sunday. This was the second major attack on security forces in the last week.

The terrorists fired at a check post at Gangoo crossing in Pulwama from apple orchards, police said.

Vinod Kumar, an assistant sub-inspector in the Central Reserve Police Force, was taken to a hospital after he was injured in the attack. He was declared brought dead by the doctors.

Soon after the attack, reinforcements were rushed to the area and search operation was launched to track down the terrorists.

On Tuesday, an assistant sub inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Mushtaq Ahmad, was killed and two other policemen were injured after terrorists attacked a police check point in Lal Bazar area of Srinagar.

Amaq, an ISIS propaganda arm, claimed responsibility for the attack and also released a video reportedly shot by bodycams worn by attackers. They also threatened more such attacks.

The attacks have come when the security personnel are on high alert amid the ongoing Amarnath yatra. Besides existing massive security structure operating in the Valley, thousands of additional troops have been deployed around the yatra route

According to the police, over 100 terrorists, mostly local recruits, have been killed in the anti-terrorist operations by the security forces in the last six months.