2 CRPF jawans, 7 civilians injured in grenade attack

Srinagar : Two security force jawans and seven civilians were injured in a grenade attack by militants on CRPF personnel in Lal Chowk area of the city on Sunday, police said.

The militants hurled a grenade on the CRPF personnel posted on duty near Pratap Park in busy Lal Chowk area of the city, a police official said. The nine injured persons were shifted to a hospital, he said.

The loud explosion caused panic among the people, especially those who had come to the weekly flea market, also known as Sunday market, the official said. Security forces have cordoned off the area, he added.

Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday raided the house of a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist who was ferried out of Kashmir by a Jammu and Kashmir Police officer, DSP Davinder Singh, last month.

Official sources said two teams of the NIA, which has taken over the intriguing case of the police officer's involvement with terror groups in Kashmir, reached Shopian on Sunday.

While one NIA team went to Zainapora, the other went to Imamsahab in Pulwama, sources said. One of the teams raided the house of Hizb terrorist Rafi Ahmed in Shopian.