DG CRPF Felicitates Budgam Operation Teams, Calls for Sustained Anti-Terror Drive

Srinagar| Nov, 14: Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), G.P. Singh, during a two-day visit to Kashmir, reviewed the security situation in the Valley and directed officers to intensify counter-insurgency operations following the November 11 terror attack on CRPF personnel in Kulgam district.
Soon after arriving in Srinagar on November 13, the DG visited the attack site near Nowpora in the Akhran area of Kulgam and reviewed the ground situation, security arrangements and ongoing search operations.
He also visited the Army’s 92 Base Hospital at Badami Bagh Cantonment, where he met Head Constable (GD) Sonbir Singh of 46 Battalion CRPF, who sustained serious injuries while responding to the attack. Singh enquired about the injured personnel’s health and treatment, appreciated his courage and swift response during the attack and wished him a speedy recovery.
The DG also attended a security review meeting with senior officers of J&K Police, Army and other security agencies to assess the prevailing situation. On November 14, Singh chaired an operational conference at Group Centre CRPF Srinagar, attended by senior officers, including SDG (Operations) Vitul Kumar, SDG J&K Zone Sandeep Khirwar, IG Operations Kashmir Sector Vineet Brijlal and IG Srinagar Sector Pawan Kumar Sharma, besides commanders of Valley-based CRPF units.
During the conference, the DG directed officers to intensify counter-insurgency operations across Kashmir, strengthen the security grid and improve real-time coordination among security forces. He also stressed maintaining heightened operational readiness to neutralise terrorist elements and their support networks. The conference reviewed the strategy for sustained counter-insurgency operations across the region.
Singh also felicitated CRPF personnel involved in the successful operations Ashdhar and Korag, conducted in Budgam in September 2026, in which two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) foreign terrorists, identified as Yasir and Hashim Moosa, were killed. He appreciated the personnel for their professionalism, courage and operational performance under challenging terrain conditions, stating that intelligence-based operations had strengthened the security framework in the region.