5 CRPF men among eight killed in Kashmir

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Srinagar, Aug 18 (UNI) A senior CRPF officer had a close shave with death when militants attacked his motorcade in south Kashmir, killing five of his guards last evening.

Elsewhere in the state, militants killed one and beat up and wounded the wife of a police constable during the past 24 hours.

Militants attacked a motorcade of a CRPF Commanding Officer (CO) D S Bains of the 130th battalion at Kawani Panjgam, Awantipora, in south Kashmir district of Pulwama last evening.

Two CRPF personnel-- constable Aijaz Ahmad and S K Patra-- were killed on the spot and six others wounded in the blast.

The injured were admitted to hospital where constable Bagwan Singh and Tajeshwar Rao and driver constable I Jagappa, who were injured in the blast, died this morning.

The main target of militants, Mr Bains, who was travelling in another vehicle, escaped unhurt in the blast.

The spokesman said the body of Aijaz Ahmad was handed over to his relatives at Uri while bodies of four other deceased CRPF personnel would be sent to Delhi tomorrow.

The bodies would be taken to the native villages of each deceased jawan from Delhi, he said.

The Hizbul Mujadhideen has claimed responsibility for the blast.

An official spokesman said militants kidnapped one Mohammad Akbar at Dhaka Wali Dhok in Rajouri district. His throat-slit body was recovered from the same area this morning.

He said one Ghulam Nabi Ganai, who was among 15 persons, injured in a grenade blast on August 13, at Bandipora, died in the hospital.

With this a total of 4 persons were killed in the blast.

He said militants kidnapped Mohammad Rashid alongwith his cousin at Hubbi. Later, Rashid was shot dead while another escaped from the clutches of militants.

Militants beat and injured wife of a police constable at Rajpora in Pulwama district. She was hospitalised.

UNI

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