A paramilitary soldier was killed and four other security men were injured yesterday in a militant attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said militants attacked a vehicle of the Central Reserve Police Force in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar in the evening.
“A sub-inspector of the CRPF was killed and two CRPF troopers injured in this attack,” the police said.
In another incident, a local policeman and a CRPF trooper were injured at the site of the attack when the rifle of a policeman went off accidentally.
Meanwhile, police yesterday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to speed up a probe into the lynching of Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohamed Ayub Pandit, as a senior police officer was shunted out.
Authorities issued marching orders for Sajad Bhat, superintendent of police who was in charge of Srinagar north where Pandit was lynched by a mob on Thursday.
In a wireless message Director General of Police S P Vaid ordered that Bhat be moved to the police headquarters, while Additional SP (Traffic) Sajad Shah was ordered to look after Srinagar north as well.
Pandit was lynched by an unruly mob outside the Jamia Masjid while he was on duty.
Three more people have been arrested in the case, taking the total number of arrests to five, an official said.
Vaid told reporters that seven others have been identified and would be arrested soon.
lJammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik was arrested yesterday.
A spokesman of the JKLF said Malik was arrested from his residence in Maisuma area.
Malik along with Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has been spearheading the separatist resistance in the Kashmir Valley for over a year.
Soldiers arrive at the site of an attack by suspected rebels on a paramilitary vehicle at Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar yesterday.
