Kashmir: Gunshot near CRPF camp in Anantnag triggers panic

Kashmir has been reeling due to a series of militant attacks that has claimed lives of security personnel in the militancy-hit state.

Panic gripped Bijbehara area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday after a gunshot was heard near a security forces’ camp, the police said.

Security personnel carry out an inspection after a militant attack at Sumbal in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. (PTI)

A gunshot was heard near a CRPF camp this morning, triggering panic in the area, a police official said.

He said it was not an attack on the camp, “but a bullet fired somewhere”.

There was no report of any casualty.