Terrorists attacked a Central Reserve Police Force camp in Litter in Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir tonight in which four jawans of the force were injured, the police said.
The attack came a week after eight CRPF jawans were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday in a militant ambush on a convoy in Pampore town in Pulwama district, the highest single-incident casualty in three years in the state.
A police official said the CRPF personnel retaliated the firing by the terrorists at the camp in Litter, about 35 km from Srinagar. Four jawans were injured, the official said.
The attack in south Kashmir took place on a day Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired a high level meeting in Srinagar to review the security situation in J and K in the wake of recent spurt in militant attacks including the deadly Pampore strike.
The review meeting, in which Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was present, comes a day ahead of the start of Amarnath Yatra. Top civil administration and security officials of the state were also present in the meeting.
