IED blasts leave 5 CRPF men dead

By Shujaat Bukhari

SRINAGAR, MAY 25. In a string of blasts across Jammu and Kashmir at least five CRPF men were killed and nine others injured, some of them seriously. This is the first major strike after the Centre called off the unilateral ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

Reports said a Central Reserve Police Force vehicle, on its way from Sudh Mahadev to Chenani in Udhampur district, was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) early Friday morning.

Confirming the death of five CRPF jawans in the blast, the Director-General of Police, Mr. A.K. Suri, said that an IED planted by militants on Sudh Mahadev Road, 115 km from Jammu, was detonated by a remote-control device.

The pro-Pakistan Hizb-ul-Mujahideen owned up the attack and claimed that 12 CRPF soldiers had been killed.

In Trisal Pulwama, South Kashmir, an IED went off near a BSF camp. One jawan was seriously injured. Another IED was defused by the BSF personnel. A soldier was injured in an IED blast at Dardpora Lolab, Kupwara district, police said.

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