CRPF Officer, SPO Injured In Anantnag Grenade Attack; LeT Claims Responsibility

A police officer told GNS that the suspected militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF bunker guarding the SBI branch at Mehdi Kadal.

“In the blast, an ASI of CRPF and a SPO Mudasir Ahmad sustained minor splinter injuries and were hospitalized,” he said.

Meanwhile, the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has claimed the responsibility of the attack.

LeT spokesperson Dr Abdullah Ghaznavi in a statement issued to GNS said its cadres lobbed the grenade and fired upon the CRPF post “in which more than two CRPF men were injured”. (GNS)