Central team to visit Kashmir to look into infiltration today

Eight Central Reserve Police Force troopers were killed in firing on their bus by two LeT terrorists on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Pulwama district on Saturday.

New Delhi: A central team will on Tuesday visit Jammu and Kashmir to look into a possible spike in the cross-border infiltration of terrorists.

The team comprising Secretary (Boarder Management) Susheel Kumar; Special Secretary, (Internal Security), Mahesh Kumar Singla; and Joint Secretary (Kashmir) Gyanesh Kumar will visit the state today, a Home Ministry statement said.

Eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed and 22 others injured in firing on their bus by two LeT terrorists on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Pulwama district on Saturday.

The two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were gunned down, officials said.