ISLAMABAD – Militants attacked police station in Pulwama’s Rajpora onTuesday. However, the grenade exploded outside the station.
Militants also fired upon a police vehicle, killing Bilal Ahmad, a SpecialPolice Officer (SPO) at Pazalpora Arwani area of Bijbehara town in Jammuand Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Police said militants in the afternoon opened indiscriminate fire at theirvehicle at Pazalpora area of Bejbhera in South Kashmir’s Anantnagdistrict. In the incident, two cops were injured. They were evacuated tothe hospital where one of them succumbed to his wounds.
“J&K police pay rich tribute to martyr Bilal Ahmad,” said Kashmir ZonePolice.
Indian Security forces then launched a search operation in forest area ofTral in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir following a brief exchange offiring with militants.
A brief exchange of firing took place between security forces and militantsin Tral forests this morning, a police official said.
He said the security forces launched a search operation as the ultras fledin thick vegetation of the forest.
Further details of the operation are awaited, the official said.
The attack also came on the day when Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) ofseparatists called for hartal and Lal Chowk March on Saturday to protestthe PM’s visit on May 15.
JRL is a conglomerate of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, moderateHurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and J&K Liberation Front chief MohammadYasin Malik