Srinagar, June 23: A day before the crucial all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory witnessed three terrorist attacks on different locations on Wednesday.
Militants lobbed a grenade at a deployment party of police and CRPF personnel at Rajpora Chowk in Pulwama. The joint forces fired a few aerial shots in retaliation. No loss of life or injury was reported.
In another incident, a terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Shirmal area of Shopian district.
Meanwhile, in the Habakadal area of Srinagar city, unidentified gunmen possible terrorists shot dead a mobile shop owner.The 25-year-old youth was identified as Umar Ahmad. He was a mobile shop owner by profession. A police officer confirmed the incident and said that investigations have been started. Pakistani terror group Lashkar Front TRF claimed responsibility of the attack on Twitter and said the shopkeeper was an alleged police informer. It is to be noted that this is the third assasination in Srinagar in last five days.
Jammu and Kashmir has been put on alert for the next 48 hours. Internet services in the Union Territory could also be snapped on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all party-meeting on Jammu and Kashmir on June 24 in New Delhi. It is the most significant step from the Centre to end the political impasse in J&K after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the former state to two Union Territories.
