Srinagar: Sniper could be behind November 18 attack, says CRPF

On November 18, a CRPF head constable was killed at Kakapora in Pulwama district. A J&K Police statement had said that militants fired on a CRPF camp, and that a CRPF man identified as head constable Chandrika Prasad sustained injuries and died later.

Sharma, however, termed it a sniper attack. “He (Prasad) was going from one morcha to another when he was shot at from a distance of 200 metres. There were only three rounds (fired),” he said. “When a person is firing from a distance of 200 metres and that too in a chilly dark area, it is the handiwork of a sniper.”