Five CRPF personneland a cop of JK Police injured in a grenade attack in Arwani area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.

Reports said that the forces were withdrawing from Hassanpura area of Arwani following clashes during a search operation when the blast took place.

Five CRPF personnel and a cop of Jammu and Kashmir Police were wounded in a grenade blast during a search operation in Arwani area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday.

Reports said that the forces were withdrawing from Hassanpura area of Arwani following clashes during a search operation when the blast took place.

They said that five CRPF personnel and a cop of Jammu and Kashmir Police were wounded in the blast.

The injured were rushed to sub-district hospital Bijbehara for treatment.

Meanwhile, today evening from a crowd in Arwani Bijbehara at District Anantnag, militants lobbed a grenade towards security forces.

In this incident five security force personnel sustained injuries. They were evacuated to hospital for medical treatment, a police spokesman said VMS.

After administering them with first aid, all the five security forces personnel were discharged from the hospital and are stated to be stable.

Police has registered a case and the investigation in the matter is underway.(VMS)