One CISF jawan killed, 4 injured in Jammu militant attack
The Hindu
The encounter in Sunjwan took place amid heightened security in J&K, two days ahead of Prime Minister's scheduled visit to Samba district.
One Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan was killed and four others were injured in a pre-dawn militant attack in Jammu on Friday, April 22, 2022. The attack came two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu.
An official said a bus carrying 15 CISF personnel for a morning shift came under attack from militants around 4.25 a.m. near Chaddha Camp in Jammu’s Sunjwan area. The CISF jawans retaliated to the fire of the militants and forced them to run away, the official added.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh said the militants might be holed up in a house. “The operation is underway,” ADGP Singh said.
The police said they were having inputs about the militants’ movement in Jammu. “We had cordoned off the area in the night,” ADGP Singh said.
The police suspect two to three militants may be hiding at the encounter site.
Prime Minister Modi is visiting Jammu on April 23. It’s his first since the Centre ended J&K’s special constitutional position.
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