Srinagar: Militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has claimed responsibility for the killing of an Assistant Sub-Inspector of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar on Saturday.
In a statement issued to news agency GNS, spokesperson of the militant outfit Mohammad Hassan said that the cadres of the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit carried out a sniper and grenade attack on a CISF check post in Wagoora, Nowgam, killing officer Rajesh Kumar and wounding several others.
The spokesperson also added that Jaish would carry out more attacks “as revenge for every person martyred in Kulgam by Indian forces recently.”