KL Desk
SRINAGAR
Eight men of the Border Security Force (BSF) 151 battalion, including an Assistant Commandant sustained injuries in a militant attack on the paramilitary convoy at Pampore, 14 km from Srinagar, on Srinagar-Jammu highway late on Monday night, reports said.
Reports said that the BSF convoy was returning to its camp at Pantha Chowk, in Srinagar outskirts, at 10.15 p.m. when suspected militants attacked it from two sides at Kadlabal in the highway township of Pampore.
“On reaching near road junction in Pampore, militants opened heavy fire on a bus, part of convoy, from both sides of road taking advantage of high ground at around 09:41 pm,” reports quoting senior BSF official said adding, “the convoy was returning from Chandanwari in Pahalgam towards Srinagar’s Pantha Chowk camp after completion of Amarnath Yatra duty.”
They added that the militants escaped and the injured BSF personnel were admitted to Army’s 92 Base Hospital at headquarters of 15 Corps. All of them, hit by AK-47 fire in a bus returning from Pahalgam, were reportedly stable.
