Tribune News Service

Srinagar, October 26

Six Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured when suspected militants hurled a grenade at a ‘naka’ party near Government Medical College (GMC) in Karan Nagar area of Srinagar on Saturday evening.

The police and security forces cordoned off the area to track down the attackers. CRPF Inspector General Ravideep Sahai said that militants hurled a grenade around 7 pm on a column of CRPF manning a check-post in Karan Nagar area. Eyewitnesses said some gunshots were also heard.

The injured CRPF personnel were immediately shifted to hospital for treatment. The grenade explosion and subsequent firing created panic in nearby Sri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital where people suspected a stand-off began between militants and the security forces.

The attack took place at a time when security is being beefed up ahead of the formal bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories — Ladakh and J&K — on October 31.