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Wednesday 2 August 2017

Major Kamlesh Pandey 62 RASHTRIYA RIFLES and a soldier Tenzin martyred in terror attack in Shopian, two terrorists were gunned down by security forces in Kulgam.

Aug 3, 2017, 09:37 AM IST Two Army personnel, including a major, were martyred during a gunfight in south Kashmir. Earlier Two Army personnel, including a major, were martyred and one other soldier injured during an encounter with terrorists in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday morning, Police said. According to police, the three Armymen injured in the gunfight were airlifted to 92 military base hospital in Srinagar where Major Kamlesh Pandey and a soldier identified as Tenzin succumbed to bullet injuries. Meanwhile, the condition of third injured soldier Kripal Singh is also said to be "critical". "Following a tip off about the presence of terrorists in Matribugh Zoipora village of the district (Shopian), a cordon-and-search operation was launched by a joint party of 62 RR of Army, Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir police and Central Reserve Police Force," a senior police official said. The hiding terrorists opened fire after security forces approached the site, the police official added. Earlier on Thursday, two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir, police said. One of the slain terrorists was involved in an attack on a bank cash van in the district on May 1 this year in which five policemen and two bank guards were killed. Thank less people in the valley. Remember the free food packets given to the hungry Kashmir wallahs during the floods by the the Army. Two Army personnel, including a Major, have been killed in an ongoing encounter between security personnel and militants in Zaipora village in Jammu & Kashmir’s Shopian district. The Army has neither confirmed nor denied the casualties. The confrontation began early Thursday morning. Here are the latest updates: 9:55 Another jawan was injured in the encounter. Militants retaliating against Army firing. 9:20 am: The injured have been rushed to the Army’s 92 base hospital in the Kulgam. The Major and the jawan gave in to their injuries at the hospital. 8:54 am: The area had been cordoned off. The Army had received intelligence about the presence of militants in the village, after which a search was launched in the night itself. 8:16 am: Two or three militants are believed to be trapped in the village. A search operation is on to nab them. Earlier in the day, an encounter in the Valley’s Kulgam district claimed the lives of two militants, one of whom partook in an attack on a bank’s cash van, on May 1 this year. The Army recovered weapons. On Tuesday, top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Dujana, 26, a Pakistani national suspected to be behind several attacks in South Kashmir, and his local associate, Arif Ahmad Dar, 17, were killed in an encounter at Harkipora village in Pulwama district. “It is a big achievement for us since this terrorist (Dujana) had been spreading terror for a long time… he was A++ category militant,” said Director General of Police SP Vaid. The encounter began at about 8 am, and was over within 40 minutes after security forces blasted the house. Dujana, who carried a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head, is suspected to have sneaked into the Valley some years ago. Dar, his associate, was from the neighbouring Lelhar village and had joined militancy about a year ago. While Dar was buried in Lelhar, Dujana’s body was yet to be handed over. Dujana was elevated as the top Lashkar commander after the killing of Abu Qasim in 2015. He was also one of the top Lashkar recruiters, especially in South Kashmir. His name figured in a recent list released by the Army of top militant commanders active in South Kashmir. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs said Wednesday that 109 militants have been killed in the first seven months of 2017. In a statement in Rajya Sabha, MoS (Home) Hansraj Ahir said 184 incidents of violence were reported from Jammu and Kashmir till the end of July 2017. There were 155 incidents last year during the same period. Violence has risen successively in the past three years with 222 incidents in 2014, 208 in 2015 and 322 in 2016. Killings of civilians, security forces and militants too have increased. The number of militants killed was 150 last year, before reaching 109 until end-July this year. According to the MHA, 15 civilian deaths were reported last year; this year until July 19 civilians have been killed, besides 38 security personneAbu Dujana would enter any house and harass women, death is good riddance, says Kashmir police IndiaPTIAug, 02 2017 07:21:01 IST Tweet Srinagar: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Dujana, a Pakistani who was killed in an encounter with security forces on Tuesday in Jammu and Kashmir, was not just involved in many attacks but would also harass the local public, a senior army official claimed. Dujana's killing has affected the outfit and more militants would be hunted soon, he added. A senior police official also said that Dujana had become an eyesore for everyone and he would even harass girls. Screengrab of Abu Dujana. CNN-IBNScreengrab of Abu Dujana. CNN-IBN "Dujana was not involved in too many operations, he was more of a nuisance. He was more involved in coercion and not many in terms of terrorist acts. So, he was only enjoying himself. That is the way I look at it," Lieutenant General JS Sandhu, corps commander of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, told reporters at Awantipora in Pulwama district. But the leadership of the LeT has been affected and we, of course, will keep hunting for other militants in this area, he added. Our aim is clearing them out as soon as possible, Sandhu said, flanked by Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Munir Khan. Lieutenant General Sandhu said the security forces received the information about the presence of two terrorists in Hakripora area of Pulwama in the early hours on Tuesday. By about 4 am, the police, as well as the army, had established the cordon around about 10-12 houses which were the reported area. Subsequently, we closed in and on speaking to the house owner learnt that the terrorists were not allowing the family to come out. After a couple of hours, after talking to them, the members of the family came out, after which we launched the operations. It started around early hours of the morning, around 8 am or so and within a couple of hours, the two terrorists were killed, he said. The senior army official said Dujana was the LeT chief of Kashmir and "a category A++ militant". Dujana has also been described as a category 'A' militant by some officials. He was a foreign terrorist, a Pakistani, Sandhu said. Another terrorist, Arif Nabi Dar, who was also a wanted terrorist involved in a number of bank robberies and weapon snatching incidents, was also killed, he said. Terming Dujana's killing as "good riddance", IGP Khan claimed he had become an eyesore for everybody, especially girls. "He used to enter any house and do anything he wanted to do. Good riddance that way. I think people should relax, the girls, our sisters, they should relax now that no such person is there to harass them," Khan said. He said both the killed militants were notorious and had established strongholds in certain areas through coercion and threats. It had become imperative to neutralise them in the interest of peace and safety of general masses, he said. The IGP said the security forces tried hard to make the militants surrender. "Announcements were made from mosques and we tried to utilize the services of the house owner and the persons who came out of the house to impress upon them to surrender. But, because of Dujana's presence, the other fellow could also not surrender," Khan said. They started firing and the quantum of fire from their side was very heavy, the IGP said. It was retaliated and both were neutralised, he added. After the operation was over, the bodies were identified properly. It was a clean operation, but for the civilian casualty of Firdous Ahmad of Begumbagh and around five to six who received pellet injuries and two bullet injuries, he said. Khan said that anti-militancy operations would continue despite stone pelting or disruptions. "(Stone) pelting or no pelting, disruptions or no disruptions, the operations will go on whenever we get information of militants, armed militants rather, in a house or in an area, the operations are to be launched," he said. An attempt is made to make the militants surrender but if they don't and start firing on our forces, the only reply is to retaliate, he said. He said that a civilian had also lost his life. "It could have been avoided if the people stayed inside and had let the security forces do their job, these things would not have happened. I again appeal to the people, because the operations will carry on," Khan said.

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