Alert CRPF Personnel Recover Six Chinese Hand Grenades On Jammu-Srinagar Highway, Avert Major Tragedy

In a major development, a road opening party of the CRPF’s 73 Battalion has recovered six Chinese hand grenades along the Jammu-Srinagar highway (National Highway 44), reports Times of India.

The recovery was made on Monday (13 September) in Srinagar’s Bemina area. The grenades were found in a sandbag near a divider on the highway. Sharing the details, CRPF’s spokesperson Abhiram added that the alertness of the CRPF personnel helped in averting a major tragedy on the busy highway.

Also, yesterday evening, a joint team of the security forces arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Dar in possession of a grenade and other ammunition. The arrest took place in the Kothipora area of Budgam district.

The aforementioned developments came a day after terrorists had gunned down a 27-years-old newly recruited sub-inspector of J&K Police, Arshid Ashraf Mir.