A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel lost his life after he fell from a cliff during an operational area domination patrol in a village of Sunderbani in Rajouri district.
The deceased have been identified as CRPF Inspector Sunil Kumar (37) resident of Patna and was of CRPF 122 Battalion. He was part of CRPF companies that have been deployed as additional forces in Rajouri and Poonch districts after January 1 Dhangri militant attack.
Officials said that during operational duty and long range patrol in Mohra Larya if Bhajwal village in Sunderbani, the officer slipped from a cliff and fell into a gorge.
Officer was taken out of the gorge and rushed to sub- district hospital Sunderbani by other CRPF and police personnel accompanying him but he was declared dead.
Body of deceased has been kept in civil hospital Sunderbani for medico-legal formalities and police said to have started legal proceedings into the matter. (KNO)
