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Two CRPF men shot in Pulwama
Tribune News Service

Srinagar/Anantnag, November 7
Two Central Reserve Police Force men were killed when suspected militants opened fire on a road opening team in the Awantipora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, this evening.

The shooting took place barely six hours after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi inaugurated a cold storage at Lassipora in the district.

Police reports said the suspected militants fired upon the team of 130th Battalion of the Paramilitary CRPF in the Jawbara area of Awantipora, 30 km from the summer capital. “The shooting took place around 5.30 pm,” said a senior police officer from the area.

He said the militants fired with automatic weapons from a narrow alley adjacent to the national highway as the CRPF team was returning.

Two jawans were critically wounded and were shifted to the hospital where the doctors declared them brought dead, said Nalin Prabhat, Inspector General of the CRPF. “The other jawans opened retaliatory fire,” the officer said.

A man claiming to be Hizbul Mujahideen operation spokesperson called up a Srinagar-based news agency and claimed responsibility for the attack. Earlier, another group had owned up the killings.