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CRPF man, forest guard injured in Jammu shooting; arms recovered during searches
 
A CRPF man and a forest guard were injured after suspected militants travelling on a truck opened fire on a CRPF naka party in Jajjar Kotli area along the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Wednesday.
Soon after the incident, government forces launched a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) in the area.

CRPF man, forest guard injured in Jammu shooting; arms recovered during searches
A source said that at unknown persons opened fire at the CRPF party deployed for naka duty on the highway around 8:10 am.

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Yogesh Sagotra
Jammu, Publish Date: Sep 12 2018 9:17AM | Updated Date: Sep 12 2018 11:17AM
CRPF man, forest guard injured in Jammu shooting; arms recovered during searches
Alert sounded in Jammu after shots fired at CRPF party in Jajjar Kotli
A CRPF man and a forest guard were injured after suspected militants travelling on a truck opened fire on a CRPF naka party in Jajjar Kotli area along the Srinagar-Jammu highway on Wednesday.
Soon after the incident, government forces launched a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) in the area.



A source said that at unknown persons opened fire at the CRPF party deployed for naka duty on the highway around 8:10 am, leaving a CRPF man injured.
The injured man, identified as Domesh Dass, was shifted to a hospital for treatment.
“Soon after the incident, a massive search operation was launched in the area and high alert was also sounded," said a police official.
The army soldiers also joined the operations, he said.
Meanwhile, a police spokesman said that an AK-47 rifle and three magazines were recovered from a truck in which the suspected militants were travelling.
He said the truck driver and the conductor were taken into custody.
"One AK & 3 magazines recovered from the intercepted truck. Dvr,conductor taken into custody. 2-3 suspected militants who ran away from the truck are being chased.police army and Crpf activated.Cordon &search operation is on ahead of suketar v near Katra crossing National Highway," police said in a statement released on Twitter.
One AK & 3 magazines recovered from the intercepted truck. Driver,conductor taken into custody. 2-3 suspected militants who ran away from the truck are being chased.police army and Crpf activated.Cordon &search operation is on ahead of suketar v near Katra crossing National Highway.
As reported by Ssp PCR Jammu a firing incident reported on Highway near PS Jhajjar koti falling in between Jammu and Udhampur. Details to follow
 
 
 
 
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