1 CRPF trooper dead, 10 injured after militants attack convoy in Pampore

February 20, 2016 18:21

At least 1 CRPF trooper was dead on Saturday in a suspected militant attack on a forces' convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway near EDI Pampore.

A CRPF spokesman Bhavesh Choudhury said that 10 others were injured in the attack.

He said that the convoy on its way to Srinagar from Jammu was attacked by the militants near the EDI building.

An employee of the EDI told Greater Kashmir over phone that at least hundred people, including staff and trainees, were trapped inside the building.

Hundreds of employees and trainees at trapped inside the EDI building in Pampore where a massive exchange of firing was reported between suspected militants and the paramilitary CRPF on Saturday.

An employee, trapped inside the building, told Greater Kashmir over phone that a massive exchange of firing is taking place outside.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Pant hands GT's Mohit unwanted T20 record

Before Pant it was Multan Sultans's Pakistan batter Usman Khan who held the record.

If my unopposed election is death of...: Surat winner

'The Congress is solely responsible for the situation that has arisen in Surat'

M&As pick up pace in Q1

The merger and acquisition (M&As) transactions have picked up pace in the March quarter of 2024 with 455 deals amounting to $25.6 billion deal value announced. This is a 24 per cent rise in deal volume as compared to Q4CY23, according...

Tesla's India factory plan may materialise in 2025

Tesla's plan to manufacture its affordable electric car priced at $25,000 in India and Mexico could materialise sometime in 2025 or thereafter, with Elon Musk declaring that these models would be produced at its existing factories to...

How Pant-Kuldeep teamed up to restrict Tewatia

While speaking at the post-match presentation, Kuldeep said he was "happy" at the win and added that the team knew it was going to be "tight" when the match went to the last over.