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15 killed in train mishap near Mumbai Mumbai, August 16 Central Railway’s Public Relations Officer Mukul Marwah said the deceased included women and children. Police and railway sources said the victims, travelling by the Bhusawal-Wardha passenger train got down midway after pulling the emergency chain and were trying to cross the tracks when they were mowed down by the Gitanjali Express at around 1.25 pm between Achegaon and Bodwad stations of the Central Railway.
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Kashmir ultras-LTTE nexus New Delhi, August 16 It is also being ascertained whether any of the Kashmir militant outfits can possibly have a nexus with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which specialises in suicide operations, particularly those involving women. The information about women fidayeen, gleaned from the four hardcore agents of the ISI who were picked up from here and Lucknow a couple of days ago, was being verified and corroborated. According to well-placed sources here, Kashmiri militant outfits are going to increase their dependence on women militants in general and fidayeen, in particular. In the mid-nineties there were intelligence reports about a possible contact between the Hizbul Mujahideen and the LTTE through the intermediary efforts of the ISI. But apparently no dramatic results of this feared nexus came out. The basis for this suspicion then was that the Hizbul had received some money from Malaysian Hindu Tamils, who are known to be the traditional sources of funding for the LTTE. However, the reason for suspicion about their fresh nexus is the modus operandi. The security agencies have in the past few days gone on record saying the Kashmir outfits had raised special women fidayeen squads for torpedoeing Independence Day celebrations in the Capital. Women have numerous operational advantages from the militants’ point of view. Women lend certain respectability, play a crucial role for arranging safe houses and hideouts and are ideal go-betweens and messengers. The nexus between LTTE and Kashmir ultras can be deadly and signals a new and dangerous trend for Pakistan’s proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, Tuesday’s blast in a train in Muradnagar (UP) was not the handiwork of any terrorist outfit, according to a classified report sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The train blast was caused by a crude bomb explosion, which probably went off accidentally.  |
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Pak infiltrator, 4 ultras killed
Srinagar, August 16 An official spokesman said the security forces gunned down a Pakistani infiltrator immediately after he sneaked into this side in the Poonch sector last night. The body of Abdul Hamid Gojar, who has been missing since August 8, was found near the Zaloora forest in Baramulla district this morning. One person was injured in a mine blast at the Dhoba post near the Line of Control in the Uri sector last evening. He was later hospitalised. A special police officer of the Jammu and Kashmir police was injured in a militant attack at Gandoh late last night. An encounter took place between militants and troops at Mata Jhandi Paharak in the wee hours today, during which one militant was killed and two security personnel were injured. An AK rifle was seized from him. The security forces and the state Task Force killed three militants at Chaktro-Sathra last evening. Two AK rifles, one pistol, seven magazines, one wireless set and two hand grenades were seized near the site of encounter.
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