Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Feb 11: A Special Police Officer (SPO) of Police was martyred while four security personnel including an Assistant Sub Inspector of Border Security Forces (BSF) sustained injuries in a militant attack at main town near Nishat park in Northern district of Bandipora today.
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An official said that the militants hurled a grenade at the joint naka party of security forces near Nishat Park in Bandipora which left the SPO of Police martyred and other four security men including an ASI of BSF were injured.
They said that the SPO was martyred in the attack while four others including an ASI of BSF sustained injuries, who have been shifted to the district hospital Bandipora for treatment from where the two of them were taken to Army hospital Srinagar for advanced treatment.
The officials identified the martyred SPO as Zubair Ahmad Shah son of Abdul Rasheed Shah, a resident of Papchan, Bandipora.
While the injured have been identified as Head Constable Mohammad Shafi son of Mohammad Abdullah of Sumlar Bandipora, constable Rayees Ahmad son of Mohd Rafiq, a resident of Mader Bandipora, constable Muhammad Yasir Turk son of Mohd Ajmal Turk of Quilmuqam Bandipora and a BSF ASI Umesh Singh son of Mahatan Singh.
Meanwhile, soon after this incident, the entire area was cordoned off to nab the attackers and search operation is going on.
A police spokesman said that at about 5 pm, militants hurled a grenade on a joint party of police and BSF in Bandipora resulting in the martyrdom of one police personnel and injuries to four others. Senior officers reached the spot.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that militants hurled a grenade upon the Naka Party near Nishat Park in Bandipora in which five Police/BSF personnel received splinter injuries and were evacuated to hospital,” the spokesman said.
However, among the injured police personnel Zubair Ahmad succumbed to his injuries while as the condition of other injured personnel is stable.
Police have registered a case in this regard under relevant Sections of law. Investigation is in progress and officers continue to work to establish the full circumstances of this crime. “Area has been cordoned and search in the area is going on,” he said.
Meanwhile, the body of slain cop Zubair reached his native village Papchan with women seen wailing and beating chests.
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