Srinagar: A J&K Police constable was killed and 10 security men were injured in a grenade attack in Srinagar’s old city today.The grenade was lobbed at a security force team around 6.50 pm in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar’s old city. The attack took place hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chenani-Nashri tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.“Eight policemen and three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were injured in the blast. later, one of the injured policemen succumbed to his injuries,” sources said. The slain policeman was identified as Constable Shamim Ahmed. Ravideep Singh Sahi, Inspector General, CRPF, said the attack took place when the forces were withdrawing from the area after a law and order duty.“When the police and the CRPF were withdrawing from the area after a law and order duty, militants lobbed a grenade from the mob who were throwing stones,” Sahi told The Tribune. “The injured were immediately shifted to hospital,” he said.Soon after the incident, the police and the CRPF cordoned off the area to trace the militants. Militant group Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack.It took place a day after militants ambushed an Army convoy on Srinagar bypass road that left three soldiers injured.
