Srinagar: Police officer shot by terrorists while playing cricket
Op IndiaA police officer from Jammu and Kashmir was shot and severely wounded by terrorists in downtown Srinagar on 29 October when he was playing cricket at an Eidgah ground with several local youngsters. Key officials from Jammu and Kashmir as well as representatives from other security agencies attended a high-level conference that was called on 25 October at the headquarters of the 15 Corps in Srinagar. Notably, five Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were eliminated earlier on 26 October in an encounter between them and security forces in the Machhal area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. It carried out dozens of attacks across Jammu and Kashmir targeting Indian security forces, pro-Indian politicians, Hindu activists, non-Kashmiri migrant laborers and Kashmiri pundits.