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| Major, LeT Commander Among 6 Killed In Jk |
| 2008-07-21 |
| Barely a day after killing 10 army personnel, militants on Sunday gunned down an army officer and a policeman besides wounding four others in a fierce encounter in Rajouri district of Jammu region. Elsewhere, two militants and two civilians, including a tourist were killed and four others wounded in different incidents across the valley since Saturday evening. Rajouri gunbattle: Acting on a tip-off regarding presence of militants, police and Army launched a joint cordon-and-search operation in upper reaches of Zadawali near Shahdra Sharief in Thanamandi on Saturday night. Shafiq Mir quoting police sources reports from Rajouri: When Major Bhano Partap Singh of 43 RR and SOG head constable, Anjeeb Ranna alias Angu Ranna entered a house, the militants present there opened indiscriminate fire killing both on the spot. Sources said other troopers had to take shelter in maize field after they came under heavy fire from the militants. Two soldiers and a policeman were injured in the assault. They were identified as sepoy Ravinder Singh, lance naik Gyan Prakash and constable Zaffar Javed. However, the militants managed their escape under the cover of darkness. In a tele-statement to Greater Kashmir, Lashker-e-Taiba spokesman, Dr Abdullah Ghaznavi, claimed the militants reached their hideouts safety. "They killed four army personnel, including a major," Dr Ghaznavi claimed. However, there is another version. Local sources said that a team of SOG and Army in civvies led by Major Singh were on the look out for militants last night. Incidentally, they entered a house where a group of militants opened indiscriminate fire killing the major and the constable from close range. Police maintained silence on whether the slain troopers were carrying arms or not. On Sunday morning, troops launched a search operation and arrested the inmates of the house where the militants had reportedly taken shelter. Among them are Zahoor Ahmad, Muhammad Sharief, Gulzar Begum, Muhammad Zubair and Samina Akhter. Major Bhano Partap was resident of Rajasthan. He was given two out of turn promotions by the government for his anti-militancy operations. |
| Posted by:Fred |