A suspected Pakistani militant of terror outfit Lashker-e-Tayiba was killed in an encounter in Kupwara district, while another militant of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was arrested in Srinagar on Tuesday, according to the police. The LeT militant was killed today morning in a joint operation by the state police and the Army's Rashtriya Rifles at Kakadpathi forest in Lolab, 100 kms from Srinagar, said Senior Superintendent of Police (Kupwara) Uttam Chand.
Militants in the Kashmir valley are increasingly finding it difficult to get medical aid and many of them are dying due to various diseases and bullet wounds, a surrendered Ultra has claimed.
During arguments on the sentence, Defence Counsel M S Khan sought leniency on the ground that the convict was an old man and some of his family members had been killed in terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir.
Two terrorists believed to be behind Sunday's killing of a Kashmiri Pandit were gunned down early on Tuesday in an encounter with security forces inside a mosque in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. An Indian Army jawan was also killed.
Pakistan on Wednesday night suggested there should be a permanent ceasefire between Indian authorities and militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sources said the accusation comes after Geelani nominated his close aide Ghulam Nabi Sofi as the leader of the Hurriyat in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, replacing Abdullah Malik.
The situation in Kashmir remains fluid as protests continued in many localities over the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.
The recent infiltration bids in Jammu and Kashmir came in for some surprise for security agencies when they found Muzamil, one of the main Lashker-e--Taiba mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack, as the brain behind large-scale intrusion from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who was reportedly detained earlier while demonstrating against President Pervez Musharraf's Kashmir policy, has been on a hunger strike for the past five days.
A Central Reserve Police Force jawan-turned-militant and another ultra were arrested and a cache of arms recovered from them in Kishtwar and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, security forces raided a hideout of the CRPF-jawan-turned-militant of Hizbul Mujahideen, Khalik Hussain, in Patidhar village of Poonch district. Khalik had served in the 84th battalion of the CRPF before he was dismissed and jailed.
Police said a gas cylinder exploded inside the canteen of 102 Engineers Regiment at Hamray Pattan in north Kashmir Baramulla district, 40 km from Srinagar.
A Hizbul Mujahideen militant, accused in the 1995 Republic Day blast in Jammu that claimed 12 lives, has been arrested in Kishtwar town, police said on Friday. Zahid Saroori was arrested from Saroori locality in Kishtwar town on Thursday evening following disclosures by HM's self styled commander Wasim Malik, who was earlier arrested from Kishtwar on January 15, police sources said.
With the sacking of the grandson, Anees-ul-Islam, and the teacher, Farooq Ahmed Butt, the total number of employees dismissed in the last six months has gone up to 27.
Sopore -- known as the 'apple town' of Kashmir -- is fast gaining notoriety for becoming a safe haven of terrorists, especially of Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Tayiba, as it has seen a sudden spurt in violence during the last six weeks.
He had allegedly given a cheque for Rs 9.5 lakh to the Islamic Front activists and it was recovered from them during their arrest, they said.
Police found that Zakir was a fake militant who along with his accomplished adopted names of some militants currently in PoK.
Hamid Bagwan, a resident of Doda, was arrested during a vehicle search.
Panjwar, 63 was involved in drug and weapons smuggling and was designated as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in July 2020.
'The ISI wanted to create internal disruption in the Valley by the killing of the security forces.'
The sources said the ultras targeted the officer's vehicle, which also suffered damages in the explosion triggering panic in the north Kashmir township.
The army had to had to aim at the crowd when jawans claimed to have been fired upon from the other side.
Posing as civilians under a new intelligence-based operation to target militant leaders, the Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Junaid and gunned down another militant from the Pakistan-based outfit and three from Hizbul Mujahideen. Junaid was trapped in a bus by police personnel who posed as passengers when the militant undertook a journey to travel to his area of operation.
Camps continue to be run despite the government's denial.
Lone and two others were identified by police as the masterminds behind the grenade attack.
During the interrogation, the militants confessed their involvement in the crime, he added.
The PhD scholar is an active member of Jamiat-e-Talaba, the student wing of banned Jammat-e-Islami (JeI).
Police suspect that Khurshid was an important functionary in the Lashkar-e-Tayiba set up.
'Every way ends on the negotiating tableĀ We welcome and fully support the talks between Government of India and Hurriyat Conference,' Mohammad Akbar Bhat said.
An Islamist outfit has said said it will consider ceasefire only if an offer is made from responsible quarters of the Indian government.
He was oldest surviving militant in Jammu and Kashmir, where he entered from Pakistan in May 1997 from Rajouri sector as a militant of Lashker-e-Tayiba.
5 ultras killed, 4 arrested, 60 kg explosives seized in J&K
This was the second such plot foiled by security agencies in a month. Earlier, terrorists had planned to target Azad at Ramban in Jammu region but the three possible attackers were nabbed before they could act.
Lieutenant G V Gopal Patankar said there had been at least one occasion recently when Pakistani troops were providing cover fire to militants trying to sneak in.
Cases were registered against two bodyguards of outfit commander Syed Salahuddin for carrying and displaying weapons in public.
Police, while reopening the case, have informed Interpol that Salahuddin is in Pakistan and sought the help of the world police organisation to extradite him, highly placed sources in the state government said.
Pro-Pakistan militant outfits Lashkar-e-Toiba and Hizbul Mujahideen have borne the brunt losing 24 commanders, including three divisional commanders and 13 district commanders, according to statistics compiled by the army.
'The reality is that India is not ready to accept Kashmir as a core issue,' says Hizbul Mujahideen commander Syed Salahuddin.
A court in New Delhi on Wednesday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) 10 days' custody of two people accused in a case related to NGO terror funding.
Pakistan has launched new terror outfits staffed by cadres of the dreaded Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed under 'local names' to mislead the world that it has nothing to do with the terrorism prevalent in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Police (DGP) of the union territory Dilbag Singh said.
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