The army today foiled a major infiltration bid killing five intruders near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir while four militants and a civilian were killed overnight in separate incidents, official sources said here today.
| Thought Perv said there wasn't any more infiltration? |
According to Brigadier KVS Lalotra, commander Bhimber gali sector in Poonch district, five intruders were killed in a gunbattle with the army when they were trying to sneak into Indian territory last night. The operation to neutralise them lasted 13 hours. The recoveries from the slain militants included three rifles with ten magzines and three boxes of AK ammunition containing a total of 2250 rounds, 310 loose rounds, two pistols with four magzines and 50 rounds, nine handgrenades, 24 IEDs, 20 kg of explosives, Rs 10,000 in Indian currency and Rs 25,000 in Pak currency. The bodies of two other terrorists were still lying near the LoC, he said, adding that five infiltration bids were made in Bhimber gali sector since October 2003 and the army has eliminated 22 terrorists in these attempts in the area.
Security forces killed a self-styled battalion commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, Tariq Ahmad Khan, in a gunfight at Mmattan in Anantnag district. In another encounter, security forces killed three militants of Hizbul, including its "launching commander" after a heavy exchange of fire at Wangam-Reshipora in Handwara area. The commander has been identified as Rafiq Ahmad Bakarwal alias Sajjad and his two associates as Mushtaq Ahmad Malla and Ashiq Hussain Parray. A dead body of one Zulfi was found lying under suspicious circumstances at Sail village in Udhampur district yesterday, the sources said, adding the police is investigating the cause of his death.
"A dead body, y'say?"
"Yessir. With a knife in his back."
"Hmmmm... I'd call those circumstances suspicious, wouldn't you Patel?"
"Well, it is Udhampur district, sir."
"Yasss. That's true. Prob'ly nothing to it, but we should check it out." |
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