Intelligence Alert

Firing incident involving CISF personnel reported in Basohli, Kathua district, on Tuesday (29 September)

Risk level: Low Country: India

As per reports, a firing incident involving Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel has been reported at the Sewa-II project in the Hutt Masaka area near Basohli, Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday (29 September) at around 1900 hours (local time).

The details are as follows:

• Four CISF personnel, including the Company Commander and a Sub-Inspector, have been killed in the incident.
• The incident has taken place after a CISF personnel deployed at the project allegedly opened fire on colleagues following an argument.
• The CISF personnel who opened fire has been apprehended and handed over to the police.
• The CISF company has been deployed on the Jammu and Kashmir side of the Chamera Dam over the Ravi River. The immediate provocation behind the firing has not been established.
• A police party from Basohli has been travelling to the site following the incident, while an investigation into the circumstances leading to the firing has been underway.
• The CISF has also been setting up an internal inquiry into the incident. Further details are awaited.

Categories: Crime - Other

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