SPO among three forces personnel killed in Baramulla militant attack

SRINAGAR — Two paramilitary CRPF men and a policeman were killed after militants attacked a joint Naka party at Tindim village of Kreeri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said on Monday.

A police official said that militants fired at the patrolling party of CRPF at Tindim village of Kreeri this morning at around 9:30 AM.

During the exchange of firing, one SPO identified as Muzaffar Ahmad was killed and two CRPF troopers were injured and subsequently shifted to a nearby hospital, the officer said. “The CRPF men also succumbed later,” he said.

The officials said that militants managed to flee from the spot. However, joint teams of Army, CRPF and Special Operations Group (SoG) wing of J&K Police cordoned off the area and launched a massive manhunt in the area.