Fire at Farakka Barrage causes traffic snarls
South Bengal and north Bengal transport operation was halted for several hours today following an incident of fire on a goods-laden truck near Gate 48 of the Farakka Barrage in Murshidabad, today
A police officer of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been killed in a terrorist attack near Srinagar.
According to reports, terrorists attacked a security post guarding a power grid station at Wagoora area of Nowgam in the outskirts of Srinagar late last night.
Terrorists opened fire upon the CISF post at Wagoora past mid-night resulting in grievous injuries to Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Rajendra Prasad who was immediately taken to nearby hospital by his colleagues where doctors reportedly declared him brought dead.
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“Assistant Sub-Inspector Rajendra Prasad sustained serious bullet injuries on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday during a standoff fire by terrorists at the grid Station Wagoora in Nowgam area,” a police spokesperson said.
Terrorists also fired at the office of the Additional Superintendent of Police in Shopian but fled when policemen retaliated.
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