INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A member of the bomb disposal squad of Jammu - Kashmir police searches for an explosive material inside a damaged house after an encounter
between security forces and militants, at Mouchwa on the outskirts of Srinagar, Wednesday, Oct
Two militants were killed in the gunfight
(PTI)Srinagar: Two Jaish-e-Muhammad militants were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Mochu area on the outskirts of Jammu and
Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar overnight, the officials said on Wednesday.The slain militants have been identified as Javaid Ahmad
Ganaie, a resident of southern Pulwama district and his Pakistani associate Khalid alias Ilyas
The J-K police in a statement said that the duo was given the opportunity to surrender
“However, they fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated leading to an encounter,” it said
IGP (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar told reporters here that, so far, this year eight militants have surrendered during “live encounters” across
the Valley of which five surrenders took place in the October alone."This year, so far, eight surrenders took place in live encounters in
the Valley of which five militants surrendered in the month of October alone
It is a welcome development,” he said.Meanwhile, one soldier each from the Army and the BSF were injured in a mine blast at a forward
area along Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sector in J-K’s Poonch district on Wednesday afternoon
The officials said that two jawans — Inayat Hussain of BSF’s 59th Battalion attached with Army’s 14 Punjab and Sahil Kumar of
Army’s 14 Punjab - were injured in a mine blast in Manjakote area of the Balakote sector
They were immediately evacuated to a government hospital in neighbouring Rajouri town where from the Army soldier was shifted to a military
hospital in garrison town of Udhampur.
