CRPF jawan killed in J&K militant attack

SRINAGAR: A jawan of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was killed and another injured in a sneak attack in Srinagar’s busy Batamaloo area on Tuesday afternoon.  After targeting the duo, the assailants fled while “taking advantage of the crowd in the area”, the police said. The slain jawan has been identified as constable Shankar Lal of the CRPF’s 23rd Battalion . 

“He was critically injured in the terror attack and succumbed soon thereafter,” a police spokesman said .  The condition of the other injured jawan is stable. “In fact, he has been discharged from the hospital,” he said. The sources also said that some “tangible leads” have been obtained during the probe.