Gunmen on Motorcycle Fire on CRPF Party in Kulgam, Three Personnel Injured

Update: Three injured confirmed

Updated at 15:40 UTC on November 11, 2026. Later reporting by IANS and PTI confirms that three CRPF personnel were injured in the attack, not two as first reported. Kashmir News Trust identified the injured as Head Constable Somveer Singh, Constable Rakesh Dass and Constable Santosh Chandru, all of the 46 Battalion. Dass was shot in the leg and is stable. Singh was shot in the left arm and is stable. Chandru suffered firearm injuries to the abdomen and spine, was taken to the operation theatre and was stated to be critical. The injured were shifted to a hospital in Anantnag. No later reputable report confirms any death, and the earlier local claim of three killed remains unconfirmed and is superseded on the injury count.

Unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on Central Reserve Police Force personnel at a checkpoint in the Akhran area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir on Wednesday afternoon, injuring three personnel. Initial reports put the injured at two, and later reporting confirmed three. The attackers fled the spot after the firing.

The CRPF said the personnel were deployed at a naka, a security checkpoint, in Kulgam district when the assailants opened fire. The injured personnel were rushed to a hospital in Anantnag district. Official sources told the news agency GNS that the injured personnel belonged to a party of the 46 Battalion CRPF and were shifted to Government Medical College Anantnag for treatment. Their condition was not immediately known.

Area cordoned, search under way

Security forces rushed to the spot after the firing. The area was cordoned off and a search operation was launched to trace the attackers, a top police officer told GNS. The first GNS report, published at 09:20 UTC, said firing had been directed at a CRPF party at Nowpora Akhran in Kulgam and that further details were being ascertained.

Personnel at the post returned fire, according to one report of the attack, and Quick Reaction Teams arrived in the area as the cordon was set. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack in the reports available at publication, and officials had not named any suspect.

Casualty reports conflict

Casualty figures in early reports did not agree, and readers should treat the higher figures as unconfirmed. The first CRPF statement reported two personnel injured, and GNS sources also reported two injured personnel taken to GMC Anantnag. Later IANS and PTI reporting confirmed three injured, and Kashmir News Trust named the three injured men and their conditions. One local report claimed that three personnel of the 46 Battalion had been killed. That claim remains unconfirmed, no later reputable report confirms any death, and the confirmed injury count is three.

Kulgam district lies in south Kashmir, a region where security personnel at checkpoints and on patrol have been attacked in past militant violence. Wednesday's attack came in the afternoon, at about 2:15 pm local time according to the CRPF account reported by Asian News Hub, a time when checkpoints on district roads are busy with civilian traffic.

Officials said further details were awaited. This article will be updated in place if the CRPF or police issue a confirmed casualty update or name those responsible.