Terrorists attacked the joint party of security forces in Udhampur, Jammu, CRPF inspector killed

The terrorists attacked the CRPF and Jammu and Kashmir Police’s SOG team, in which a CRPF inspector was martyred. It is being told that the terrorists opened fire on the CRPF and Special Operations Group (SOG) at around 3:30 pm in the remote Dudu area of ​​​​Basantgarh.

Officials said that Inspector Kuldeep Singh of the 187th battalion of CRPF was shot and later died while being taken to the hospital. Officials said that the terrorists fled from the spot after the retaliatory action by the SOG team. This terrorist attack has happened at a time when the first assembly elections are going to be held in Jammu and Kashmir as a Union Territory. The last assembly elections were held in the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state in 2014.

On August 14, an army officer Captain Deepak Singh was martyred after an encounter in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. A civilian was also injured in this incident. Recently, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a high-level meeting on the increasing terrorist attacks and encounters in the Union Territory. This meeting was held in Delhi’s South Block with NSA Ajit Doval and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi.

Recently it was revealed that terrorists can target the highways which are considered the lifeline of Jammu and Kashmir. In view of this, the Center has decided to deploy more CRPF personnel along with the local police to patrol the highways and surrounding areas.