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  • Three militants killed in Jammu encounter

    Express News Service

    SRINAGAR: Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Sidhra area of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday morning.

    Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Mukesh Singh said in view of January 26, the border security grid had been tightened and security beefed up in the Jammu region.

     “The policemen at around 7 am detected unusual truck movement in the Jammu area. Usually, the truck movement starts after noon. But we noticed an unusual truck movement and the Quick Reaction Team (QRT) chased the truck and intercepted it near the Sidhra checkpoint,” he said.

    The ADGP said the driver was asked to come down from the vehicle and on the pretext of attending to nature’s call, he fled away from the spot.

    “While security men started a search of the truck, they came under fire from within the truck. The fire was returned by the troops and two to three militants hiding in the truck were killed in the gunfight,” he said.

    The truck in which militants were hiding caught fire during the exchange of gunfire.

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    He said the search operation in the area is going and a manhunt has been launched to track down the truck driver, who fled from the area.

    Immediately after the encounter, additional police and security men rushed to the area to tighten the siege.

    A police official said an investigation has been launched to ascertain whether the militants were freshly infiltrated and if so, then which route they had taken to infiltrate from the other side of the border.

    “The identity of the slain militants and the outfit to which they owe allegiance is also being ascertained,” a police official said adding, “Further investigation is going on”.

    SRINAGAR: Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Sidhra area of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday morning.

    Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Mukesh Singh said in view of January 26, the border security grid had been tightened and security beefed up in the Jammu region.

     “The policemen at around 7 am detected unusual truck movement in the Jammu area. Usually, the truck movement starts after noon. But we noticed an unusual truck movement and the Quick Reaction Team (QRT) chased the truck and intercepted it near the Sidhra checkpoint,” he said.

    The ADGP said the driver was asked to come down from the vehicle and on the pretext of attending to nature’s call, he fled away from the spot.

    “While security men started a search of the truck, they came under fire from within the truck. The fire was returned by the troops and two to three militants hiding in the truck were killed in the gunfight,” he said.

    The truck in which militants were hiding caught fire during the exchange of gunfire.

    ALSO READ | Pakistan: Raid kills 33 Taliban militants who seized police station, all hostages freed

    He said the search operation in the area is going and a manhunt has been launched to track down the truck driver, who fled from the area.

    Immediately after the encounter, additional police and security men rushed to the area to tighten the siege.

    A police official said an investigation has been launched to ascertain whether the militants were freshly infiltrated and if so, then which route they had taken to infiltrate from the other side of the border.

    “The identity of the slain militants and the outfit to which they owe allegiance is also being ascertained,” a police official said adding, “Further investigation is going on”.

  • NIA chief visits encounter site at Jammu’s Sunjwan ahead of PM visit

    By PTI

    JAMMU: NIA chief Kuldeep Singh on Saturday visited Jammu’s Sunjwan area where two suicide bombers of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces ahead of the prime minister’s visit, officials said.

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief was accompanied by Inspector General of CRPF, Jammu sector, P S Ranpise.

    Singh, who is also the director-general of the Central Reserve Police Force, was briefed about the gun battle by CRPF officers, the officials said.

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    A team of the NIA had visited the encounter site on Friday evening and the federal agency is likely to take over the case for a thorough investigation, they said.

    Besides the two terrorists, a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officer died in the gunfight that took place near an Army camp in Sunjwan on Friday.

    Nine security personnel were also injured as forces engaged the terrorists after they attacked a bus carrying CISF personnel.

    Director-General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh had said the two terrorists were part of a suicide squad of Pakistan-based JeM and their infiltration could be a “big conspiracy” to sabotage the prime minister’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

    The PM is scheduled to visit Samba district’s Palli village, 17 km from here, on National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24.

    He is also scheduled to address a gathering there.

    According to officials, a multi-tier security setup has been put in place for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.

    An alert has been sounded along the border and a high degree of vigilance is being maintained at vital installations in Jammu and Kashmir in view of the visit, officials said on Friday. 

  • Jawan killed, 4 hurt in Jammu encounter; death toll in Baramula rises to 4

    Express News Service

    SRINAGAR: Two days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir, an encounter erupted between militants and security forces in the Sunjwan area of Jammu in which a jawan has been killed and four others have been injured. The death toll in the Baramulla encounter has risen to four with the killing of two more militants.

    Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu Mukesh Singh said security forces launched a search operation in the Sunjawan area of Jammu yesterday evening after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area.

    “We had reports that militants wanted to do something.  The search party of security forces came under fire from militants in the early hours today in which a security force jawan was killed and four others injured,” he said.

    The injured security men have been evacuated to Government Medical College Jammu.

    More reinforcement has been rushed to the area to tighten the siege and prevent militants from escaping from the area.

    The ADGP said it seems that militants are hiding in a house and firing on security forces from there.

    Loud explosions were heard from the area and heavy gunfire was going on.

    The administration as a precautionary measure has closed all schools in the area while the security arrangements in other parts of Jammu have been tightened and patrolling intensified.

    Meanwhile, the encounter between militants and security forces at Malwah area of Baramulla in north Kashmir entered the second day today.

    A police official said two more militants were killed in the overnight gunfight, taking the death toll of militants killed in the encounter to four.

    Among the slain militants is top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Yousuf Kantroo, who was the longest surviving LeT militant and had been active since 2020. He had twice recycled to the militancy after the arrest.

    IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar has said Kantroo was involved in the killing of several security men and civilians termed his killing a major success for security forces.

  • Hizbul Mujahideen militant among two killed in Jammu and Kashmir encounter

    By PTI
    SRINAGAR: A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant, who had infiltrated from Pakistan last week, was among the two ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on March 27, police said on Sunday.

    Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said the encounter in Shopian’s Wangam area began on Saturday evening and got over with the killing of two militants belonging to HM and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

    “Two deadly terrorists have been killed in the operation. One of them, Inatullah Sheikh, a resident of Shopian, was active since 2018 and had gone to Pakistan that year for arms training. He returned last week only. He was with HM,” the IGP said here.

    The other militant, Adil Malik, a resident of Anantnag, belonged to LeT, he said.

    “One AK-47 rifle, one M4 rifle and a pistol have been recovered from the encounter site,” he said, adding that so far this year, security forces have recovered two M4 rifles from militants.

    The IGP said it was more likely that Sheikh had brought the M4 rifle with him from Pakistan.

    A police spokesperson said Malik, according to police records, was active since September 2020.

    He said Sheikh and Malik were involved in several terror cases, including attacks on security forces and civilian atrocities.

    After the presence of the militants was ascertained during the search operation, they were given an opportunity to surrender, the spokesperson said.

    However, they opened indiscriminate fire on the search party that retaliated, leading to the encounter, he said.

    The spokesperson said three Army jawans sustained bullet injuries during the initial exchange of fire and were evacuated to the hospital.

    One of the jawans, Havildar Pinku Kumar, succumbed to his injuries.

    The IGP Kashmir and all ranks of Kashmir Zone Police paid rich tributes to Kumar, he said.

    “We stand by his family at this critical juncture,” he said.