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60 kg RDX found in Poonch
11 militants killed in J&K
Tribune News Service and PTI

JAMMU, Oct 11 — In a major haul, Army troops today seized 60 kg of RDX and 25,200 rounds of ammunition from a militant hideout in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

On a specific information, the troops launched a search operation in the Achhad area of the district on October 9 and after 36 hours of extensive search, they located the hideout where militants had stored huge quantity of weaponry, the spokesman said.

The haul comprised 35 boxes containing 25,200 rounds of assorted ammunition, 21 Chinese rockets and 23 rocket boosters besides the RDX.

At least 11 persons, including two CRPF personnel, were injured in a grenade attack on the Residency road here this afternoon while elsewhere in the valley 11 militants, some of them foreign mercenaries, were among 13 persons killed during the past 24 hours.

A major tragedy was averted today when an ITBP road-repair party detected and defused a 30-kg device planted under a culvert on the main road at Rein-Thaman Kote area, 5 km from Kokernag in South Kashmir.

Two militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Chak Jamnagri, Shopian in Pulwama district last night. One of the militants was identified as Ishfaq Yusuf Wani, while the other whose identity is yet to be ascertained is believed to be a foreigner. The police said the two AK rifles, six magazines, three rifle grenades, one smoke grenade and two pouches were found at the site of the encounter.

One militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen, Javaid Ahmad Paul was killed while planting an IED at Dadsar in Pulwama district this morning.

An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Hallan, Kokernag in Anantnag district yesterday. An AK rifle, three magazines, 63 rounds and one grenade cup were recovered from the site of the encounter.

Security forces have recovered 29.5 kg of explosive at Chogund, Verinag in Anantnag district during search operations today, police spokesman stated here this evening.

One militant was killed during an encounter between militants and security forces while he was leading a search party to a hideout in Chornar forests in Kupwara district yesterday.

Accordingly a search party along with the militant went to the hideout where the hiding militants fired upon the search party. In the ensuing encounter, the said militant got killed, the spokesman said. One AK rifle, one magazine with 30 rounds and two hand grenades were found during search of the area, the police said.

Bibi’s arrest after probe: CBI
Tribune News Service

NEW DELHI, Oct 11—The CBI, which raided several places in Punjab in connection with the Harpreet Kaur death case, is going slow on the arrest of the deceased’s mother and SGPC Chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur, pending thorough investigation and adequate material evidence.

“The investigation in the case is still on and there is no immediate plan to arrest Bibi Jagir Kaur,” a senior CBI official told The Tribune here today.

According to CBI sources, the sleuths of the Special Investigation Cell want to ensure adequate material evidence and tying of loose ends in the case before reaching out to Bibi Jagir Kaur, against whom an FIR was lodged on the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Meanwhile, Dalvinder Kaur, who is said to be a close friend of Jagir Kaur, was today remanded in police custody till October 15 by a Delhi court here.

The Metropolitan Magistrate ,Mr Gulshan Kumar, who personally visited Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where she was admitted, pronounced the order after examining the medical report. She has since been discharged from the hospital.

Dalvinder Kaur, who has been charged with criminal conspiracy and illegal confinement of Harpreet Kaur, was remanded in judicial custody till October 9. Her judicial remand was extended for two more days after she was admitted to the hospital.

The police remand of Dalvinder Kaur would enable the CBI to interrogate her in the light of the various raids, including the one on her bungalow in Phagwara, Jasdil Mansion.

Meanwhile, Nishan Singh, the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of Bibi Jagir Kaur failed to appear before the CBI for questioning despite the latter asking him to present himself before the bureau through the Punjab Police.

“He was summoned for questioning yesterday through the Punjab Police, but he did not turn up,” the official said.

Questioning of Nishan Singh would be crucial for the investigators, as he could provide vital information relating to the case.

Asked whether the CBI would give a fresh date to Nishan Singh for appearance or it would try to arrest him, he merely said ,“A decision in that regard will be taken in a couple of days.”

The CBI had on October 6 questioned at length Kamaljit Singh, who claims to be the husband of Harpreet Kaur, and claims that the five persons arrested by the CBI were closely related to Jagir Kaur.

While the CBI had arrested Dalvinder Kaur from Delhi, the other four accused— Harminder Kumar, Satya Kumari, Paramjit Singh and Sanjeev Kumar– were arrested from Phagwara in Punjab on October 4.

The CBI had registered an FIR against Bibi Jagir Kaur after the Punjab and Haryana High Court on June 9 directed the investigating agency to probe the case on a petition filed by Kamaljit Singh.

Harpreet Kaur, alias Rosy, who was pregnant, had died on April 21 under mysterious circumstances.