Srinagar: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) reportedly ignored a specific intelligence input from the Jammu and Kashmir Police that terrorists were preparing for an ambush along the Avantipur and Srinagar Highway where 8 CRPF personnel were killed and 24 others injured on Saturday.
Sources in the state police department said that they have alerted the CRPF about an imminent terror attack around 7 am but no security measures were taken, which caused heavy casualties.
The incident once again has raised serious questions over the lack of co-ordination between the state police and the paramilitary forces.
"We have alerted them (CRPF) about the possible terror attack but why did the CRPF bus was traveling without an escort is still not clear to us. It is an unfortunate incident," police sources said.
It is believed that two terrorists managed to flee and a massive combing operation is underway to hunt down the perpetrators.
On Saturday, 8 CRPF personnel were killed and 24 others injured when terrorists ambushed their bus in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The two terrorists were also killed in retaliatory firing by the security personnel. The attack took place at Frestbal in Pampore, 14 km from Srinagar. Both terrorists appeared to be from Pakistan.
Later, Lashkar-e-Toiba claimed responsibility for the attack when the bus carrying CRPF jawans was returning to Jammu after a training session in Srinagar.
This is the second attack on a bus carrying security personnel within three weeks.
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