MoS Jitendra Singh slams Mehbooba for alleging CRPF killed Sopore civilian, shares video

Slamming PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for blaming Indian security forces for death of an elderly civilian in Jammu-Kashmir's Sopore, MoS (PMO) Jitendra Singh, on Wednesday, has asked if 'apologists of Kashmir terror' will speak up w. He tweeted video of grandchild of victim who was rescued by CRPF jawans after terrorists fired at a CRPF-police unit, injuring civilian. Singh stated that civilian came between firing when he had stepped out of his house with his grandchild to buy milk. A CRPF jawan too has been martyred in incident.

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Mufti, who is still under detention at her residence, claimed that re are two versions of incident. She claimed that 65-year-old civilian victim's family was holding CRPF responsible for his death. She shared a video of a man - allegedly victim's son  -in which he alleges that civilian was killed in a counterfire by CRPF.

She added that video of 3-year-old grandchild being rescued by CRPF has also been circulating. Stating that Kashmiri were stuck between Armed forces and militants, she added that two versions were contradictory to each re. Her colleague and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah too slammed us of three-year-old's video, alleging it was used as 'propaganda tool' by Kashmir police. He added that thing less was expected by men in uniforms.

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Civilian killed in Sopore

On Wednesday morning, terrorists attacked a joint Naka party of Jammu and Kashmir police and 179 battalion of CRPF deployed in Model Town area of Sopore in Baramulla district of rth Kashmir. terrorist fired indiscriminately on joint Naka party injuring 4 CRPF personnel and a civilian. While all five injured persons were rushed to nearby hospital, civilian and one CRPF jawan succumbed to ir injuries. or three jawans s have been evacuated to 92 Base Hospital.

In meantime, 3-year-old child who was accompanying his grandfar to buy some milk when terrorist attacked, was rescued by a Jammu and Kashmir policeman while risking his life during ongoing firing by terrorists. Sources told Republic Media Network that Intelligence ncies have identified two terrorists behind attack. This is a second attack on civilians by terrorist in last one week in Kashmir Valley - a 5-year-old boy was shot dead in Anantnag.