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Councillor shot at, five militants killed ‘Free movement’ of
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Councillor shot at, five militants killed
Srinagar, April 17 Ghulam Mohammad Teli was fired upon by militants on the lawns of his house at Model Town, Sopore, this afternoon, the spokesman said. Teli has been admitted to a hospital. Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants were killed in a fierce gunbattle with the security forces at Murhama village in Anantnag district, an official spokesman said today. One AK rifle, three magazines, 70 cartridges, one pistol with magazine, six grenades and one mobile phone were recovered from the site of the encounter, he said. Two more militants of Hizb were shot dead by the security forces in an encounter at Kumdalan in the Shopian area of Pulwama district last night, he said. The slain militants were identified as Sheer Ahmad Rather, alias Faizul Islam, and Ashiq Hussain Ganai, alias Ishtiyaq Sani. During the exchange of fire between the two sides, the house of Abdul Qayoom Parray, where the militants had taken shelter, was partially damaged, the spokesman said. Another militant, identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Bohra, was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Brinal Lamad in Anantnag district, the spokesman said. Militants kidnapped and later shot dead a civilian, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, while he was on his way home in the Kokernag area in the district. One person was injured in a blast that took place at Pleara in the Madi sector of Poonch district, the spokesman said, adding the police was investigating the cause of the explosion. The security forces recovered four hand grenades, one AK magazine and 19 cartridges wrapped in a polythene bag from Dharamohra in the Surankote area of Poonch district, he said. Troops busted two militant hideouts in Doda and Rajouri districts, recovering 1.5 kg of RDX, two detonators, five anti-tank rifle grenades, one launcher, one .303 rifle and 24 dry batteries, the spokesman added.
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‘Free movement’ of militants scares villagers Jammu, April 17 Eyewitness accounts from the area revealed that groups of militants, equipped with assault rifles, frequented houses of villagers for food and shelter. A schoolteacher from Dablal village said “nobody in our area has dared to refuse food because of scare.” Another eyewitness said, “We have informed the Army, the BSF and the police many times about the presence of militants but no separate security pickets had been established in the villages around Kalakot.” He said more than eight families had fled Ghanara and Kalara a month ago when militants dished out threat of elimination if they did not send their boys for arms training with them (militants).
Though these families have returned to their villages after sporadic patrolling carried out by the security forces, people in the entire belt continued to be panic stricken. Reports said these groups of militants had sneaked into Kalakot belt from neighbouring Rajouri where operations by the security forces and snow had caused lot of inconvenience to them. According to these reports, several other groups may have entered into the Kalakot rural belt from the Pir Panjal alpine forest belts where they had nothing to fall on during the winter months. |
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Minister inspects Bagh bridge Jammu, April 17 The minister was accompanied by Mr Lal Singh, MP, the Chief Engineer (R&B) and the General Manager, JKPCC, beside a team of engineers. The minister assured the people that necessary steps for arranging the funds under the ADB and the CRF for early completion of the bridge would be taken up with the authorities concerned at the earliest. Mr Mir said this bridge would also connect Jammu and Kashmir with Punjab. |
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