Jammu, February 21
Three Lashkar-e-Toiba ultras have been shot dead at the Harri area in the Surrankote sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, the Army said today.
An Army spokesman said here this morning that in the continuing encounter at the Harri area in Surrankote since last afternoon, three Lashkar ultras were shot dead.
Earlier, the police and the Army had launched a joint operation to flush out some ultras who were hiding at Harri and in the first five hours of fierce gun battle two ultras were gunned down.
Thereafter, the remaining ultras continued to exchange bullets with the security personnel intermittently and one more terrorist was shot dead in the wee hours today. The remaining militants fled under cover of darkness.
All the ultras were Lashkar outlaws and a huge quantity of arms and ammunition were seized from their possession, the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, the Pakistani troops on Thursday fired at Indian posts near International Border in the
R.S. Pura sector of Jammu division, injuring a BSF jawan.
BSF sources said here that Rajinder Singh posted at border outpost of S H Way was injured in firing by the Pakistani troops on Thursday.
He was admitted to Army Hospital in Jammu where his condition was stated to be stable after surgery.
Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged intermittent firing along the International Border at various places in Kathua and Jammu districts the night of Wednesday, on sources said, adding that no
causality or damage was reported from the Indian side.
SRINAGAR: Two persons were killed while the security forces captured three ultras and another surrendered in the Kashmir valley overnight.
An official spokesman said body of Mohammad Yousuf, who was abducted by some unidentified gunmen from his house on February 18, was recovered at Gopalpora Mattan in south Kashmir district of Anantnag on Thursday.
Meanwhile, people at Check-Arsal-Khan Bandipora took to streets in protest against the death of Bashir Ahmad Mir allegedly in the security force custody.
The demonstrators, mostly women, alleged that Bashir, a farmer, was picked up by the security forces on Wednesday and later killed in custody.
However, the police said Bashir, a militant, was taken to a hide-out for arms recovery where a blast took place in which the militant died.
The police said two AK rifles, two magazines, 60 rounds,15 detonators, three hand grenades and 2 kg of explosives were seized from the hide-out.
An official spokesman said unidentified miscreants set on fire a school at Batapora Pulwama on the night of Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the security forces arrested three militants and seized some arms and ammunition in the Kashmir valley overnight while a militant surrendered before the special operation group of the Jammu and Kashmir police at Pulwama on Wednesday.
UNI
