<p>One paramilitary personnel was killed when militants attacked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) party in Bijbehara town of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday evening.</p>.<p>Sources said that militants first lobbed a grenade towards a CRPF party, which didn’t explode. However, they said, minutes later, the militants fired upon the CRPF men injuring one paramilitary personnel.</p>.<p>The injured jawan was rushed to a nearby hospital, however, he died on the way, reports said. The slain was identified as Shivlal Netam.</p>.<p>A police official while confirming the incident said soon after the attack, police and security forces rushed to the spot. He said a search operation was launched to nab the attackers.</p>.<p>Amid coronavirus pandemic, the militancy incidents in Kashmir Valley have seen a rise with six security personnel, nine militants and three civilians have been killed since last one week.</p>.<p>The latest incident comes just two days after five army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer from Special Forces squad, were killed in a “hand to hand and close quarter battle” with infiltrating militants in snowbound woods of Keran sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.</p>.<p>Five militants were also killed in the gun battle that raged in the woods of Kupwara on Wednesday and culminated on Sunday morning.</p>.<p>Prior to that four militants affiliated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on April 4.</p>
<p>One paramilitary personnel was killed when militants attacked the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) party in Bijbehara town of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday evening.</p>.<p>Sources said that militants first lobbed a grenade towards a CRPF party, which didn’t explode. However, they said, minutes later, the militants fired upon the CRPF men injuring one paramilitary personnel.</p>.<p>The injured jawan was rushed to a nearby hospital, however, he died on the way, reports said. The slain was identified as Shivlal Netam.</p>.<p>A police official while confirming the incident said soon after the attack, police and security forces rushed to the spot. He said a search operation was launched to nab the attackers.</p>.<p>Amid coronavirus pandemic, the militancy incidents in Kashmir Valley have seen a rise with six security personnel, nine militants and three civilians have been killed since last one week.</p>.<p>The latest incident comes just two days after five army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer from Special Forces squad, were killed in a “hand to hand and close quarter battle” with infiltrating militants in snowbound woods of Keran sector along the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.</p>.<p>Five militants were also killed in the gun battle that raged in the woods of Kupwara on Wednesday and culminated on Sunday morning.</p>.<p>Prior to that four militants affiliated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on April 4.</p>