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Two jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and two others were injured after their colleague opened fire over some issue in a village near Porbandar in Gujarat on Saturday evening, officials said. These jawans belong to a CRPF battalion from Manipur. They were sent here by the Election Commission ahead of the next month's Gujarat Assembly elections, said Porbandar Collector and District Election Officer, AM Sharma. Voting in the Porbandar district will be held on December 1 in the first phase. They were staying inside a cyclone centre in Tukda Gosa village, about 25 km from Porbandar. "A jawan opened fire from his assault rifle on his colleagues over some unknown issue on Saturday evening. While two jawans died on the spot, two others were injured. They were shifted to a hospital in Jamnagar. One of them received a bullet injury in his stomach and the other was hit on his leg," Sharma said, adding that further investigation will be carried out by the police.
A policeman was killed and a CRPF personnel injured when militants attacked a security forces team in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. The attack took place in Pinglana area of the south Kashmir district. "Terrorists fired upon a joint Naka party of CRPF & Police at Pinglana, Pulwama. In this terror attack, 01 Police personnel got martyred & 01 CRPF personnel got injured," Kashmir Zone Police said in a tweet. The police said reinforcements had been sent and the area was being cordoned off.
A CRPF officer was killed in a militant attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, an official said. "At about 2:20 pm, terrorists fired upon the joint naka party of police and the CRPF in Gangoo area of south Kashmir," the official said. Central Reserve Police Force assistant sub-inspector Vinod Kumar was injured in the attack. He was shifted to a hospital in Pulwama, but succumbed to injuries, the official said.
Two days back, militants killed an army soldier in Budgam district who had come home on leave
As many as 75 personnel posted in the Temelwada camp of the district were subjected to rapid antigen test
The Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) on Tuesday said that a total of 13 cases of fratricidal killings have occurred since 2018 till date, leaving 18 personnel dead.
The incident took place at around 3.15 am in the camp of the 'C' company of Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) 50th battalion
The container of detonators being shifted by them into a train accidentally slipped inside a coach when they were boarding it at Raipur railway station on Saturday morning
Abducted CRPF commando Rakeshwar Singh Minhas has been released, Chhattisgarh police said on Wednesday
Militants attacked a security forces party at a 'naka' in Kreeri area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir this morning, a police official said
The militants opened firing on a naka party of security forces in Sopore, resulting in injuries to three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans and a civilian, the officials said
After test reports of the staffer, who had been turning for duty regularly at the Lodhi Road office, turned positive for coronavirus, the entire office has been sealed, officials said
The commando was rushed to a hospital where he died during treatment late at night, he said
Shah recently conducted a review of the force at its headquarters after which he directed the security force should devise a mechanism to keep its fighting blood fresh
Singh, a Deputy Commandant in the CRPF has won five gallantry awards since 2004 when he joined the CRPF
Some Maoists are also suspected to have been killed in the exchange of fire and the security forces are combing the area
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The jawan got into a verbal duel with one of his colleagues over some issue at the Pantha Chowk camp of 29 Battalion of CRPF
The victims include two sub inspectors (SIs). One jawan has been critically injured and has been airlifted to Chhattisgarh capital for better medical care.
This was the third grenade attack targeting politicians in south Kashmir in the last three days