Grenade attack in Pulwama, CRPF ASI killed, seven injured

Srinagar: Ahead of polling in Pulwama district in south Kashmir, militants today carried out a grenade attack killing a CRPF assistant sub-inspector and wounding four security force personnel and three civilians.[caption id=“attachment_1832845” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. PTI[/caption] Militants hurled a grenade at a security force party in village Pohu, 35 kms from here, at around 5.30 pm injuring three CRPF jawans, two policemen and three passers-by, police said. The injured were rushed to a hospital where ASI Shamsher Singh of 183 battalion CRPF succumbed to injuries, they said. The ultras escaped taking advantage of the panic caused by the blast, police said adding a hunt had been launched to nab them. No militant outfit had claimed responsibility for the attack so far, police said. Pulwama is going to polls in the third round of five-phased Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls on 9 December. PTI