{"id":302531,"date":"2018-09-12T06:09:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T06:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=302531"},"modified":"2018-09-12T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T06:09:10","slug":"high-alert-after-militants-open-fire-at-police-checkpost-on-jammu-srinagar-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/high-alert-after-militants-open-fire-at-police-checkpost-on-jammu-srinagar-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"High alert after militants open fire at police checkpost on Jammu-Srinagar highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/high-alert-after-militants-open-fire-at-police-checkpost-on-jammu-srinagar-highway\/army-highway\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-302537\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-302537 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/army-highway-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/army-highway-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/army-highway-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/09\/army-highway.jpg 545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a>An encounter was reported on Wednesday morning between security forces and militants on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Udhampur district, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The incident took place at Jajhar Kotli, when three militants travelling in truck from Jammu to Srinagar opened fire at the paramilitary troopers who were positioned at checkpost for a routine checking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the Jammu SSP, militants were intercepted and they fired on the security forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As per the reports, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper and a forest guard were injured in a firing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Militants abandoned the vehicle after the firing and fled from the spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The police officials have seized the truck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An alert has been announced on the national highway after the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An encounter was reported on Wednesday morning between security forces and militants on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Udhampur district, police said. The incident took place at Jajhar Kotli, when three militants travelling in truck from Jammu to Srinagar opened fire at the paramilitary troopers who were positioned at checkpost for a routine checking. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":302537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2016,2009,2014],"tags":[1176,4936,1141,4934,4935],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302539,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302531\/revisions\/302539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/302537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}