NEW DELHI, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- An officer from the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force was killed Monday in a militant attack in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.
The officer was killed after militants attacked a joint patrol of police and the force in Dudu-Basantgarh area of Udhampur district, about 275 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Last week, an Indian army officer and a militant were killed in a fierce gunfight in the district. ■