STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: The army on Saturday gunned down three heavily-armed terrorists and foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch.
The group of terrorists was attempting to infiltrate into the Indian territory from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a defence spokesman said here.
The troops spotted and traced their movement in Saujian area of Poonch and kept tightening the cordon around them, leaving no escape route, he added.
A massive search operation was on for 36 hours which led to exchange of fire resulting in all the three terrorists being killed, he said.
The spokesman described it as a “flawless surgical operation” executed by the army ensuring neutralisation of all the terrorists and no casualty on their side.
Two injured in militant attack
Srinagar: Two persons, including a relative of a former cop-turned-surrendered militant, were shot at and injured by militants in Pulwama district of Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
Shabir Ahmad Pandit, cousin of the surrendered militant Tariq Ahmad Pandit, and Manzoor Ahmad were shot at by militants at Kareemabad in Pulwama District last night around 10:00 PM, a police official said.
He said the injured persons were shifted to hospitals in Srinagar for treatment.
Tariq Ahmad Pandit had deserted police force to join Hizbul Mujahideen group led by now slain commander Burhan Wani last year. With several of Burhan’s close associated getting eliminated earlier this year, Pandit surrendered before security forces in May. Although it was not clear why Shabir and his friend were targeted by the militants, police officials believe the attack was a “retribution” for killing of Burhan and his two associates in an encounter with security forces on July 8.PTI
