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Kulgam attackers used stream embankment for cover, reporter says

The report traces a checkpoint shooting that injured three CRPF personnel, then examines the search operation and possible escape routes.

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0:00CCTV footage introduces the checkpoint shooting; the report says three CRPF personnel were injured.
4:43Security personnel inspect vehicles and check identity cards in Kulgam, Katra and Srinagar.
6:10A labeled AI reenactment illustrates the host's account of two motorcycle-borne attackers arriving and fleeing.
7:58Nazir Masoodi describes an embankment used for cover; subsequent maps explore possible, unconfirmed escape routes.
10:04Suhail explains the programme's "hybrid" militant model as involving people without previous criminal records.
13:19Historical statistics precede political reactions questioning security claims and assigning blame for the attack.

A stream-side embankment helped gunmen take cover during an attack on security personnel in Kulgam, reporter Nazir Masoodi says from the scene in a report by India's Hindi-language news channel NDTV India.

Host Syed Suhail opens with CCTV footage of gunfire at a checkpoint. The broadcaster reports that three members of the Central Reserve Police Force, or CRPF, were injured, and shows them receiving hospital treatment. The CRPF is an Indian central armed police force whose responsibilities include internal security and counterinsurgency.

Kulgam lies in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, part of the region disputed between India and Pakistan. The programme follows troop movements and cordons after the shooting, alongside vehicle inspections and identity checks in Kulgam, Katra and Srinagar.

Suhail's account says two attackers arrived on a motorcycle at around 2:15 p.m. and fled into nearby terrain. That sequence is illustrated with an AI-generated reenactment, explicitly labeled on screen, rather than additional footage of the attack itself.

At the site, Masoodi describes the embankment's role and says the surrounding area has been cordoned off. Map graphics then explore possible routes toward the densely forested Pir Panjal range and Ramban, Reasi or Rajouri. These are proposed escape routes, not a confirmed account of where the gunmen went.

The studio discussion turns to what Suhail calls a "hybrid" model: militants and sleeper cells operating without previous criminal records. Retired Lieutenant General K.J.S. Dhillon describes Kulgam as a longstanding center of militancy. Former Jammu and Kashmir police chief S.P. Vaid argues that an attack of this kind requires local support, an assessment rather than an established finding about this shooting.

The closing political reactions differ sharply. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary asks how such an attack could happen if militancy has ended. BJP leader Ravinder Raina blames Pakistan and Pakistan-sponsored militants. His attribution is not established by the footage or the reconstruction presented in the programme.