Srinagar: Four terrorists were killed on Monday as they attempted to carry out a suicide attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Sumbal in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The heavily-armed terrorists lobbed grenades at the CRPF`s 45 Battalion camp in north Kashmir`s Sumbal region at around 4:10 am followed by heavy firing.
A police official said said the firing was retaliated by the guards even as police reinforcement was rushed to the scene of gun battle.
“The fidayeen militants kept firing as they tried to enter the camp. The attack was effectively repulsed by the CRPF sentry and Sumbal Police,” CRPF Deputy Inspector General M Dinakaran told news agency IANS.
The Sumbal camp of the CRPF is the headquarters of the 45th battalion which was headed by Chetan Kumar Cheeta, who survived despite taking nine bullets while fighting militants in Bandipora in 2016.
Luckily, no loss was reported from the CRPF side, he added.
Several weapons have been recovered along with the bodies of four militants, whose identity is yet to be established, Dinakaran said.
Four AK-47 rifles, one UBGL (Underbarrel Grenade Launcher), over a dozen grenades and a huge cache of ammunition have also been seized, the official added.
Bureau Report
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