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Jaish-e-Mohammad leader among six killed in J-K

express news service

Srinagar, April 15: SIX PERSONS, including a divisional commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad, have been killed in separate incidents of violence in the Valley since Thursday evening. According to police, following a late night information yesterday, troops of 53 Rashtriya Rifles and SOG cordoned Kantroo village in Budgam district. Suspecting presence of militants, they launched a house-to-house search. According to a spokesman, the troops found an underground hideout used by militants while searching the house of one Ghulam Mohammad Mir (of the village). Trapped, the militants opened fire on the troops, However, the search team retaliated by firing on the militants. When the encounter ended this afternoon, the Army recovered five bodies from the debris of the house. One of the bodies, recovered from the debris, has been identified as that of Ghulam Mohammad Wagay, a civilian. The locals allege that Wagay was taken forcibly into the house by the search party and was killed in the exchange fire. An Army has identified the bodies of two slain militants — of Rehamani, divisional commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Ilias Bhai, district commander, Lashkar-e-Toiba. The other two militants killed in the operation are still to be identified. Terming the killing of four militants, including two commanders, as a setback to militants operating in Budgam district, the spokesman said the encounter also led to the seizure of four AK rifles, four magazines, a wireless set and a grenade thrower. In an another encounter at Kuswan Kulgam, a militant was killed by the security forces. The slain militant has been identified as Bilal Ahmad. Late yesterday night, militants abducted Firdous Ahmad at Budan in Baramulla, and shot him dead in the village outskirts later. Sources claim the slain person was working as an informer with the 46 Rashtriya Rifles. Nine dead in accident NINE people were killed when the tipper truck they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Kishtwar tehsil today. According to sources, the accident occurred on Paddar road near Shashu village, around 42 km away from Kishtwar. Among those killed are four GREF personnel, four labourers and a SPO. When contacted, DIG Satvir Gupta, Udhampur-Doda Range, claimed that when he received information about the accident around 6 pm, he immediately rushed the Additional SP Kishtwar to the site of the accident. Other officials of the district administration have also been rushed to the spot, he added.

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