A gunbattle broke out at Delhi Public School (DPS) Srinagar in the wee hours today as security forces launched an offensive to flush out the militants who took refuge inside the school after attacking Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Pantha Chowk area on Saturday evening.
“The exchange of fire between security forces and militants began around 3.40 am and is going on intermittently, ” a police official said.
The militants had entered into the premises of DPS Srinagar on Saturday evening after carrying out an attack on the CRPF personnel deployed on road opening duty near the school on Srinagar-Jammu national highway.
SP Vaid, Director General of Police (DGP) told reporters two militants are holed up inside the DPS complex.
A Sub-Inspector of the CRPF was killed and two troopers injured in the attack after which the militants entered the DPS complex. Security forces immediately surrounded the school complex to prevent the militants from escaping.
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit owned responsibility for the attack.
Sources said drone cameras and other hi-tech gadgets were used to trace the location of the militants but police officials refused to comment on operational details.
District Magistrate of Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Lone on Saturday imposed restrictions on the stretch of Srinagar-Jammu national highway between Ram Munshibagh and Sempora.
Mobile internet services (3G/4G) were also suspended in the Kashmir Valley to prevent the spread of rumours.
The speed of landline broadband connections has also been brought down.
Also, in a freak accident, the service rifle of a policeman went off at the site of the militant attack on Saturday.
Two persons including a CRPF trooper and a policeman were injured in the freak accident.
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