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| IED detected on Amarnath route | | Two foreign militants killed | |
SRINAGAR, JUNE 30
Two foreign militants were among three persons killed and two securitymen injured in Jammu and Kashmir where security forces averted a major tragedy by detecting an IED on Amarnath route and busted a militant hideout.
A five kg IED, planted by militants near the main gate of the Degree College, Anantnag, on the busy Khannabal-Pahalgam road being used by pilgrims for Amarnath, was detected by police today, Additional Superintendent of Police, Anantnag, Javeed Ahmed Matto told said.
He said the IED, kept in a tiffin box, was later defused before it could cause any loss of life.
Matto said the preliminary investigations revealed that it was the handiwork of the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen outfit.
He said the road is being used by the pilgrims bound for Amarnath. A case has been registered in police station Anantnag.
Amarnath yatra could not commence today due to bad weather and was deferred till July 2.
Two foreign militants were killed in a gunbattle with security forces at Guldachan-Sarkuli village of Kalaroos in border district of Kupwara in the day, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kupwara, Vijay Kumar said.
Based on specific information about the presence of the militants, police and troops of 41 Rashtriya Rifles cordoned off Guldachan-Sarkuli village of Kalaroos this morning, he said.
The search operation turned into encounter and two foreign militants were killed, Kumar said adding, however, there was no collateral damage in the encounter.
He said two AK rifles, eight magazines, 145 rounds and two hand grenades were recovered from them.
Police picked up bullet-riddled body of a 26-year-old youth outside a brick kiln at Pingligom village in Pulwama district today, a police spokesman said.
Ali Mohammad Sheikh, a resident of the same village and owner of a poultry farm, had been abducted by militants last evening and killed, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said a constable and a special police officer were injured in an encounter with militants at Dali Kulhand in Doda district of Jammu today.
Security forces busted a militant hideout at Zaban forest in Banihal sector of Ramban district and recovered 14 UBGL grenades, three AK magazines, 103 rounds, two pistol magazines, two rounds, 4 hand grenades and a knife from there, the spokesman said.
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