The paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Tuesday said it would send five more companies to Jammu and Kashmir following the killings of civilians targeted in the union territory. The CRPF said that it had earlier sent 25 companies to Jammu and Kashmir.
“The CRPF is sending five additional companies to J&K in view of the recent civilian killings in the Union Territory. These companies will be posted there within a week. The force had earlier sent 25 companies to J&K,” the CRPF said.
The announcement came a day after a salesman was shot dead by terrorists in Srinagar.
In another targeted attack on Sunday, Constable Tauseef Ahmed Wani was gunned down by militants in Batmaloo area of Srinagar. A salesman from Bandipur district, Ibrahim Khan was employed with Roshan Lal Mawa, a Kashmiri Pandit businessman whose business is located in the old town of the Valley.
In the past few weeks, 11 civilians, mostly non-locals, have been targeted by militants in Jammu and Kashmir.
