Jammu, February 25
Two Army jawans were among three persons injured when Pakistani Rangers opened unprovoked fire from heavy machine guns (HMGs) on various border outposts (BoPs) along the international boundary (IB) in the Jammu region during the past 24 hours.Official sources said uni here that two jawans sustained bullet injuries when Rangers opened fire on Rajpura and Malabella BoPs in the Akhnoor sector last evening. Constable Ranjit Singh and Havaldar Sobha Ram were injured in the cross-border firing and have been admitted to a nearby army hospital for treatment.
The Rangers again started firing on the Suchetgarh BoP in the Ranbir Singh Pura sector this morning causing injuries to one villager Girdhari Lal (65). Girdhari sustained bullet injuries in the left leg and he too was rushed to a nearby hospital.
In Srinagar the security forces busted two hideouts and seized a large cache of arms and ammunition, including mortars, rockets and AK rifles, in north Kashmir while four persons were killed elsewhere in the state overnight.
An official spokesman said the Army, the BSF and the Special Operation Group of the Jammu and Kashmir police, in a joint operation, unearthed an underground hideout in a forest in Bandipora in north Kashmir and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition last evening.
The seized arms included seven AK rifles, one sniper rifle, two pistols, about 2000 rounds, seven RPG rockets, 21 60 mm mortars, seven rockets, 14 detonators, six magazines and six grenades.
However, no arrest has been made, he said.
The security forces and the SoG also busted another hideout of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen at Laharhil Ganderbal and recovered two rockets, one magazine, one anti-personnel mine and 81 rounds.
In another incident, militants entered the house of Ghulam Qadir at Kokernag and shot him dead late last night.
Another person identified as P.P. Singh, a fireman, who was shot at and wounded by unidentified gunmen on Saturday in the civil lines, died in the hospital this morning.
The security forces killed two militants-Abdul Majid Bhat, alias Guffa, and Abdul Rashid Khan at Asham in Baramula district last evening.
At least two special police officers were injured when militants attacked their post at Ladoo last evening. Militants however escaped.
The security forces arrested a militant Firdous Ahmed Wani along with one pistol, one magazine and eight rounds at Check Reshipora.
Meanwhile, shops and business establishments at Dalgate remained closed today in protest against the closure of four shops by the police after a security jawan was shot dead by militants on Saturday.
UNI
