It was in this retaliation that Vir Singh fired 39 AK-47 rounds, Satish Chand fired 32 Insas rounds and Kailash Yadav fired 20 AK-47 rounds before dying, said CRPF DG K Durga Prasad. At least three of the eight CRPF men who died fighting militants in Pampore area of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday fired more than 90 rounds between them even after having sustained bullet injuries. The two militants who ambushed the bus fired as many as 200 rounds before they were killed. CRPF officers pay tribute to Santosh Saw, who was killed in the Pampore attack, at Patna airport on Sunday. In retaliation, CRPF men in the bus and an armoured road opening party (ROP) vehicle of the force fired 491 rounds at the militants, killing them before they could cause more damage.

Source: Indian Express June 27, 2016 21:05 UTC