Four persons, including two Army soldiers and two militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, were killed and three security men wounded in a night-long gunfight that ended on Wednesday morning in South Kashmir.
The LeT's self-styled 'divisional commander' Ahmed Atto, alias Abu Yasir, and his wife Shabrina Bano, also a terrorist, were killed at Khandepura, near Gundna in Doda district on Wednesday afternoon
One army trooper was killed in a fierce encounter in a forest area in north Kashmir Kupwara district on Monday.
On a tip off about the presence of LeT terrorist Abu Hamza in Kurar village of Bonjwah tehsil, 26 Rashtriya Rifles and police laid a cordon of the area, official sources said. During the search operation, terrorists fired on the operation party, who retaliated and in the ensuing gun battle that continued for four hours the terrorist was shot dead.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Farooq Khan told UNI that army personnel of 43 Rashtriya Rifles along with state police, acting on a tip-off, cordoned off Raina Mohalla of Thanamandi for search operations.
A defence spokesman said the incident happened when 34 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) started a jungle operation in Rangwar near the famous health resort of Tangmarg.
Security forces surrounded the mosque and cordoned off the area.
An encounter with militants was continuing in Baramulla.
"As the troops moved in, they came under heavy fire from the militants hiding in a house. Reinforcements were immediately rushed to the area and the house was surrounded," a senior police officer said in Srinagar.
Colonel G S Sarna was killed in the encounter.
Abu Umar, who coordinates the militant outfit's operations in the country, was killed during a search operation by police and Rashtriya Rifles personnel, which took place in Banderwah area of the district early on Wednesday morning.
The terrorist, identified as Ali Baba, was shot dead in Baramulla.
The police identified the Hizbul commander as Suhail Afzal, the divisional commander of the Hizbul Mujajhideen, who topped the list of most wanted militants
The encounter broke out when troops confronted a group of militants trying to sneak into the valley from across the border.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Gopal Sharma had said recently that 1200 fully armed militants were still active in the state even though the number of violent incidents had come down.
It is often alleged that half the Indian Army is based in J&K. It is bewildering why there has been no rebuttal or clarification of this issue from the central or state governments, or from the army itself, wonders Ajai Shukla.
Two militants of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit were killed in a fierce encounter in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Sunday evening, a defence spokesman said.
Yasin, who had joined the outfit after deserting police as special police officer (SPO), was involved in the killing of ten minority community members at Dhar Sakri and six at Gabbar Budhal.
In another incident, militants in Pulwama district shot at a man on Sunday night.
Two top militants of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen were shot dead by security forces in Pulwama district on Saturday morning, a defence spokesman said.
Police said two army soldiers of 42 Rashtriya Rifles who were injured in the militant attack were evacuated to a hospital for treatment.
An encounter broke out on Wednesday between militants and security forces in Awanitpora area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district but no casualties have been reported so far.
The award for Major Gogoi is seen as a backing of the action.
An army colonel was killed and two soldiers injured in a gunbattle with militants in Pattan area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
The report, however, said the identification of accused Army personnel from Panchalthan camp was yet to be ascertained.
Imtiyaz told the troops that he had been instructed to lob it when Azad would visit the town in the afternoon, the official said.
Three militants and a woman were killed and two army jawans injured in an encounter in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson said in Srinagar Friday.
Fifteen passengers were killed on the spot, a police official said, adding that the injured had been rushed to a nearby hospital.
An AK rifle along with four magazines and a mobile phone were recovered from the slain militant.
In a case of mistaken identity, the army on Saturday shot dead two civilians while another was killed by a stray bullet in Kupwara district, a defence spokesperson said in Srinagar.
The police, assisted by Rashtriya Rifles, raided Neloora village of Pulwama district to flush out the hiding militants
These children hail from most militancy-infested areas of Gul, Mahore, Dharmani and Buddhal tehsils in Udhampur and Rajouri districts of the state.
Security forces on Saturday busted a Lashker-e-Tayiba module in Sopore in north Kashmir with the arrest of four militants.
