BSF officer killed in Kulgam encounter
A deputy commandant of the Border Security Force was killed and a jawan wounded when a group of militants attacked a search party engaged in a encounter with some militants holed up in the Kulgam area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir .
The militants attacked the search party from outside the cordoned Khori-Batpora village in the wee hours, apparently to help some of their colleagues holed up in the village and engaged in an encounter since Sunday evening, BSF sources said.
The sources said the search party, on specific information about the presence of militants in the village, placed a cordon around it at about 1500 IST on Sunday.
Finding themselves trapped, the militants hiding in two houses opened fire on the search party at 1800, starting a fierce encounter in which a BSF jawan, Ravinder Raina, was injured. The firing continued through the night.
Early on Monday, a second group of militants attacked the search party from outside. In the shootout, Deputy Commandant Shamsher Singh of the 151st Battalion was killed and a jawan injured.
The sources said the second group of militants escaped after the encounter, but those holed up inside were believed to have been killed as both houses where they were hiding caught fire and were gutted.
A Deputy Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) and three others, including two militants, were killed in separate incidents in the Kashmir valley since yesterday.
A BSF spokesman told TNS here that Deputy Commandant Shamsher Singh was killed in a night-long encounter with militants at Khuri Batapora in the Kulgam area of Anantnag district last night.
He said security forces, on specific information, cordoned off Batapora locality yesterday afternoon. While search was being conducted, hiding militants opened fire on the search party at about 7.30 p.m.
The fire was retaliated which continued for about an hour, in which the officer was killed. The cordon was further tightened throughout the night, the spokesman said.
He added that the troops were again fired upon by the hiding militants this morning. One house was gutted in the exchange of fire between the militants and the security forces. The security forces have recovered an unidentified body from the debris of the house.
Two militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Lam in the Tral area of Pulwama district today. One of them was identified as Mushtaq Ahmad, believed to be an IED expert. Two AK rifles were recovered from the site of the encounter, the BSF spokesman said.
JAMMU: Indian troops killed five hardcore militants in the Surankot area of Poonch district on Monday. With this the toll of terrorists in Poonch district on Monday rose to 10.
Defence Ministry reports said on a tip-off troops cordoned off a militant hideout in the Surankot area.
As soldiers neared the hideout they came under heavy fire which was retaliated. All five terrorists were killed on the spot.
Earlier, the troops eliminated five foreign mercenaries in the Mandi area of Poonch. They were trying to cross into Pakistan.
Official reports said Indian troops spotted some movement on the LoC during the wee hours and asked the rebels to halt but they opened fire. The troops retaliated, killing five militants on the spot.
BSF officer killed in encounter
Tribune News Service
Srinagar, December 10Tribune News Service
A Deputy Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) and three others, including two militants, were killed in separate incidents in the Kashmir valley since yesterday.
A BSF spokesman told TNS here that Deputy Commandant Shamsher Singh was killed in a night-long encounter with militants at Khuri Batapora in the Kulgam area of Anantnag district last night.
He said security forces, on specific information, cordoned off Batapora locality yesterday afternoon. While search was being conducted, hiding militants opened fire on the search party at about 7.30 p.m.
The fire was retaliated which continued for about an hour, in which the officer was killed. The cordon was further tightened throughout the night, the spokesman said.
He added that the troops were again fired upon by the hiding militants this morning. One house was gutted in the exchange of fire between the militants and the security forces. The security forces have recovered an unidentified body from the debris of the house.
Two militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces at Lam in the Tral area of Pulwama district today. One of them was identified as Mushtaq Ahmad, believed to be an IED expert. Two AK rifles were recovered from the site of the encounter, the BSF spokesman said.
JAMMU: Indian troops killed five hardcore militants in the Surankot area of Poonch district on Monday. With this the toll of terrorists in Poonch district on Monday rose to 10.
Defence Ministry reports said on a tip-off troops cordoned off a militant hideout in the Surankot area.
As soldiers neared the hideout they came under heavy fire which was retaliated. All five terrorists were killed on the spot.
Earlier, the troops eliminated five foreign mercenaries in the Mandi area of Poonch. They were trying to cross into Pakistan.
Official reports said Indian troops spotted some movement on the LoC during the wee hours and asked the rebels to halt but they opened fire. The troops retaliated, killing five militants on the spot.
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