CRPF officer shot at, injured in militant attack in J-K’s Pulwama

A CRPF officer was on Tuesday shot at and injured by militants in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, officials said

A CRPF officer was on Tuesday shot at and injured by militants in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, officials said.

Representative Photo. A CRPF officer was critically injured in an attack by militants in Pulwama district of J-K, January 3, 2017. (Waseem Andrabi / HT File Photo)

Assistant sub inspector BN Thakur was on duty in Muran Chowk, 32 kms from capital Srinagar, when he was shot at by unidentified militants from a close range, the officials said.

They said the injured officer was immediately evacuated to hospital and a hunt has been launched to nab the assailants.