A self-styled militant commander was among the three top Laskhar-e-Tayiba ultras killed in an encounter with the police in a remote village in Doda district on Friday.On a tip off about the presence of the militants, a joint team of the Special Task Force of police, assisted by security forces, launched an operation in Tagan Dhar in Gandoh belt, 290 kms from Doda, early on Friday morning, police said. During cordon and search operations, militants opened fire at them.
Sources said 14 persons were injured when militants tossed a grenade at a rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bhaderwah town on Wednesday afternoon.
Security forces on Friday gunned down three Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists, including a district commander of the outfit, during an encounter in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said in Jammu.
At least seven people were killed and 18 injured when a passenger bus plunged into Chenab River in the hilly Doda district of Jammu region on Wednesday morning.A senior police officer said the bus was on its way from Bhaderwah to Doda when the driver lost control while trying to maneuver the bus around a bend."So far, we have recovered the bodies of seven passengers. A massive rescue and relief operation is underway at the accident site," a officer said.
Nine persons were killed and 13 others wounded, when a passenger bus rolled down to a deep gorge in the hilly Doda district of Jammu on Saturday.
Two Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants, including a self-styled commander of the outfit, were killed in a fierce gunbattle with security forces in Doda district, official sources said on Wednesday. On specific information, the police and security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Gandoh area of Doda district late on Tuesday night.
The Army and the police have created a data bank and prepared a directory of top militant commanders, their outfits and areas of operation in twin districts of Doda and Kishtwar for surgical and area-specific operations. The forces have recently launched operations to eliminate top militant leadership of Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashker-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohmmad and Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami in the twin districts.
Showkat, who is working as junior assistant in the municipal committee in Doda town, was picked up by the police along with his wife on Saturday after he was found to have made several calls to Mumbai during and after the attack in the financial capital, police sources said in Jammu on Monday.
Security forces on Friday averted a major tragedy by detecting and defusing two RDX fitted improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Officials said the government has made necessary arrangements for opening of 190 primary schools in Srinagar city as security forces remained deployed in most of the Valley.
A series of flash floods in Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh killed at least 16 people on Wednesday and damaged several residential houses, standing crops and a mini power plant, officials said.
'It is an unfortunate incident, in which we have lost a brave officer. He was a fighter and he led Sunday's operation himself.'
Poonch district of Jammu region recorded the highest turnout at 75.42 per cent. Ganderbal district recorded the highest polling in Kashmir valley at 56.28 per cent.
The stage is set for the first of the five-phased assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir as 12 sitting MLAs, including seven ministers, are among 123 candidates trying their luck in 15 constituencies that will go to polls on Tuesday in all three regions of the state.
Gulam Hassan Wani, who had joined the outfit in 1992 and had trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Khost in Afghanistan, was the oldest surviving terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir. Eleven top Hizbul terrorists have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir since January this year.
Drones have added a new dimension to security threats from terror groups and investigations into the attack on the Jammu IAF station last month show the involvement of "non-State actors" supported by State actors such as the ordnance factory of Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh said on Tuesday.
Reasi district of Jammu region recorded 75.20 per cent voting, the highest in the union territory, State Election Commissioner (SEC) K K Sharma said, adding that 50.53 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the third phase of the maiden DDC polls in J-K.
A self-styled section commander of the Lashker-e-Toiba outfit was gunned down by security personnel in an encounter in Doda district on Saturday. A group of militants opened fire on the troops of Rashtriya Rifles, who were conducting search operations in Phulel area of the Doda district on Friday night, leading to a gunbattle in which the LeT operative was shot dead, defence sources said.The slain militant has been identified as Tauhid Ahmed.
In a joint operation, the Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested two suspected militants of Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islamia from Doda area of Jammu in connection with last month's serial blasts in three court premises in UP. The two, identified as Sajjad and Tariq Kashmiri alias Akhthar, were arrested from Doda town by the police forces of the two states alongwith sleuths of Central Security agencies and taken to Lucknow on a transit remand.
In April, the JKLF announced "a three-month long Safare-Azadi to cover the entire Valley to press for the inclusion of people of the state in the ongoing peace process between the two south Asian nuclear neighbours, India and Pakistan".
The spies revealed that they were tasked by the ISI officer to revive militancy in Jammu by recruiting youth in the region.
36 Union ministers will visit different districts in both the divisions of the Union Territory starting from January 18 to January 24 and the home ministry is coordinating it, the sources said.
J&K: 2 ultras, jawan killed in encounter
Security forces on Tuesday foiled a grenade attack on them in Doda district and caught one militant during the attempt, officials said.
Two Army jawans, hawildar Virpal Singh and sepoy Karodimal, were killed in a fierce gun-battle with militants at village Kund.
Militants abducted two persons Abdul Majid Khan and Shabir Ahmad Reshi alias Tober from their houses at Lamad-Bernai in Qazigund area of Anantnag district Monday night.
Masood was the financial chief and senior commander.
In the stone-pelting, SSP Doda, one SHO, one sub-inspector and two other police personnel were injured.
Two militants belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen were shot dead in an encounter in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir early Tuesday, official sources said in Jammu.
Wani, who is involved in several militancy-related cases in Doda district, was taken into custody from Transport Nagar where he had gone to meet his associates to chalk out a plan for carrying out subversive activities in the winter capital.
Additional troops had been rushed to the area to intensify the operation to track down the militants.
The enhanced allowance will be applicable to all paramilitary personnel deployed in Jammu and Kashmir and Naxal-hit areas.
Militants also abducted four people.
Doda recorded 50 per cent polling and Udhampur recorded 63 per cent.
The macabre deed was done by militants of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen.
The policemen were attacked when they were returning from Beoli Koti in Doda district after investigating a case.
Out of the 280 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 43 are going to polls in the second phase with 25 in Kashmir and 18 in Jammu division.
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