Three CRPF personnel injured in grenade attack

Three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when militants hurled a grenade on the paramilitary force at Jehangir chowk, adjacent to the state High Court here, a police spokesman said.

Three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when militants hurled a grenade on the paramilitary force at Jehangir chowk, adjacent to the state High Court here, a police spokesman said.

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The three personnel of the 82 battalion were injured when the explosive lobbed by the militants exploded in front of them at around 2.15 pm, the spokesman told PTI.

He said the injured were shifted to hospital where the condition of one of them was stated to be critical.

Police and security forces have cordoned off the area to nab the militants responsible for the act. However, no militant outfit has owned responsibility so far.