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| 2 militants, 1 policeman killed in 24 hour-long Nadihal encounter | | | |
Srinagar, July 26: Two militants, who were holed up in a house at Lam-Mohalla in Nadihal in Baramulla District, were killed on Wednesday night in a joint police-Army operation that lasted for more than 24 hours. police personnel was also killed in the encounter.
According to DIG North Kashmir Range, B. Srinivas, the operation that began late on Tuesday night ended on Wednesday night after security forces eliminated both the militants.
One militant, identified as Abu Talha, was killed in the police firing when he tried to escape by jumping out of the window.
However, one more holed up militant continued to fire upon police, and he too was eliminated on Wednesday night, Srinivas said.
Acting on a tip off, police assisted by 32 Rashtriya Rifles, reached the house where the militants were hiding. However, the militants fired upon the security forces injuring two Special Police Officers identified as Waheed Ahmad and Shah Nawaz.
Ahmed later succumbed to injuries and Nawaz is presently admitted in a Srinagar hospital with neck injuries.
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| Lt. Col’s body recovered in mysterious condition | | | |
Jammu | July 26
The body of Lt. Col was recovered in mysterious condition from his room at his unit in Nowshera area in Rajouri District today.
According to reports, some jawans of 325 field regiment ambulance unit situated at Nowshera spotted the dead body of Lt. Col Vidhya Sant Joshi and informed their senior officers who rushed to the spot and removed the body to hospital for legal formalities. The army officer, sources indicated had committed suicide however the exact cause of his death has not been officially confirmed by the army.
Meanwhile in another incident, an ex-serviceman’s body was found in mysterious condition near his house in Muradpur area of Rajouri district.
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| | | | LeT attacks CRPF camp, two ultras killed | | | |
SRINAGAR:
The CRPF today foiled an attempt by Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) militants to storm its battalion headquarters near a research centre of the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre here by killing two of their cadres.
Two heavily-armed ultras tried to enter the headquarters of 42 Battalion at Zakura this morning but were killed in the ensuing encounter, CRPF Inspector General S K Singh said.
Seven CRPF men were injured in the attack carried out from the rear side of the camp, he said. The militants, taking advantage of tall grass in the nearby field, came close to the boundary wall of the camp and hurled grenades and fired indiscriminately at the pickets.
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| | | | Low footing in Ganderbal: NC identifies new | | constituencies for its heavy weights | | |
Srinagar, July 26: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has decided not to field any of its heavy weight including any one from father-son duo Abdullahs from Ganderbal after getting negative reports about the chances of party's victory from the constituency once considered as its bastion.
Sources said that it was after the announcement by its Chief Patron Farooq Abdullah about striking a comeback in state politics, National Conference felt the need of identifying two safe constituencies for father and son Abdullahs keeping in view the debacle it faced during last Assembly elections by losing its ancestral chief Ministerial candidate constituency to PDP.
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