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| SOG camp attacked; SI killed, 3 cops injured |
| 2009-07-22 |
| A police officer was killed and three security forces personnel injured as militants today attacked a camp of anti-militancy Special Operations Group (SOG) in Shopian district in South Kashmir today, official sources said here. Militants fired a rifle grenade at the SOG camp at Imam Sahib in Shopian district in the afternoon. The grenade landed and exploded in the compound of the security camp, the sources said. Four security force personnel including an officer were seriously injured in the blast which created a crater at the landing place in the compound, the sources said. The injured - Sub Inspector Sethi Ram, Special Police Officer (SPO) Mohammad Shafi, constable Abdul Hamid and constable H Hota of 14 battalion CRPF - were rushed to nearby hospital, they said. The sources said the officer succumbed to injuries at Shopian hospital while the other three were referred to SMHS hospital in Srinagar for specialized treatment. Doctors attending on the injured security force personnel described their condition as 'stable' and said they were now out of 'danger'. This is the first grenade attack in Kashmir in the past few months in which a police officer has been killed. No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack so far but police officials said Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was suspected to be behind the attack. Soon after the grenade attack, security forces cordoned off the nearby area and launched a massive manhunt for the assailants. Searches were carried out as the security forces looked for some clues but found nothing till last reports came in from the area. Although militancy-related incidents in Kashmir valley this year were fewer compared to previous years, there has been a spurt in grenade attacks on security forces over the past few months. Grenade attacks have taken place at Sopore, Magam, Baramulla, Dalgate and Maisuma and in all these attacks, security forces were the prime targets of the militants. The number of grenade throwing incidents has especially gone up after reports of large scale infiltration of militants from across the Line of Control earlier this year. Intelligence agencies said more than 150 militants had sneaked into the Valley much before the snow started melting on the passes along the LoC. However, Army has maintained that most of the militants, who had infiltrated this year, have been eliminated. Meanwhile, a recruit constable of Border Security Force (BSF) committed suicide inside the Subsidiary Training Centre (STC) at Humhama in Budgam district, a police spokesman said here. Recruit constable Param Jeet Singh (No. 09809064) committed suicide by hanging himself inside the premises of the STC. Police has initiated proceedings under Section 174 CrPC to ascertain the cause of death of the constable, the spokesman said. |
| Posted by:john frum |