Kulgam/Kupwara November 14
Two militants and two civilian were killed while four others were injured today in separate incidents of violence in the poll-bound Kashmir. Two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit were gunned down during an encounter at Chenigam village in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. A civilian was also killed in the firing.

IGP (Kashmir range) Abdul Gani Mir said two militants and a civilian were killed.

On a tip-off, a joint team of the Army, police's Special Operations Group (SOG) and CRPF cordoned off the village on Thursday afternoon. The encounter ensued when the hiding militants opened fire on the search party. The militants killed in the encounter were identified as Abbas Malla alias Khitab of Nowpora, Kulgam and Manzoor Ahmad Malik alias Moosa of Chenigam village.

In a separate incident, a civilian Zahoor Ahmad Najar (24) was killed and a Military Intelligence official was injured in a grenade blast at Lachi in Mawar Langate in Handwara (Kupwara district), about 75 km from Srinagar, on Friday.

Zahoor was reportedly carrying the grenade which went off just 200m away from the house of MLA Langate, Abdul Rashid Sheikh aka Engineer Rashid around 2 pm.