One CRPF ​jawan killed, several injured as militants open fire on convoy in Srinagar

Srinagar: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for a “new era of development” in Jammu and Kashmir, militants attacked a CRPF convoy here on Monday, killing a jawan and injuring several others.

The attack took place near the Pantha Chowk in Srinagar, ANI reported.

"Our companies were going from Jammu to Srinagar, were fired upon by terrorists, 6 personnel injured and taken to hospital," CRPF's public relation officer B Chaudhary said.

"It's a sensitive time, separatists have called for a boycott of elections. We are on high alert," he added.

On Sunday, just hours after PM Modi opened a state-of-the-art road tunnel in Kashmir, dubbed as India's longest, militants killed a police officer and injured 11 others in the state capital.

The militants lobbed a grenade at a police team in Nowhatta area around 6.30 p.m. as they were withdrawing from the area after the day's deployment.

The injured security personnel were shifted to hospital for treatment.

The attack came on the day PM Modi visited the state to inaugurate the Nashri-Chenani tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.

Separatists had called for a shutdown to protest PM Modi's visit.