Top Lashkar, man, 2 more militants shot dead in J& K
Top LeT commander among those eliminated
The security forces on Thursday killed three more militants, including a top Lashkar- eTayyaba commander, in a sustained campaign against militants in Jammu and Kashmir. With these killings, the number of militants neutralised in counterinsurgency operations in the Kashmir Valley in the past week has risen to 16. The slain include two senior commanders of LeT and another of Jaish- e- Muhammad, officials said. They termed these killings a major breakthrough.
In a series of operations on Thursday, an Army jawan and two civilians were also killed and three other securitymen injured. The killing of a Srinagar resident triggered protests and clashes in parts of the city and by University of Kashmir students in the Hazratbal area.
The security forces on Thursday killed three more militants including a top commander of outlawed Lashkar- e- Tayyaba ( LeT) in their sustained campaign against separatist militants in Jammu and Kashmir.
With these killing, the number of militants neutralised in counterinsurgency operations in the restive Kashmir Valley during the past week has risen to sixteen.
The slain include two senior commanders of the LeT and another of Jaishe-Muhammad ( JeM), the officials said.
They termed these killings as a major breakthrough against separatist militants in the State.
During a series of operations carried out on Thursday, an Army jawan and two civilians were also killed and three security personnel were injured. The killing of a
With these killing, the number of militants neutralised in counterinsurgency operations in the restive Kashmir Valley during the past week has risen to sixteen
Srinagar resident triggered protests and clashes in parts of the summer capital and by students on the campus of the University of Kashmir in City’s Hazratbal area.
The witnesses said that the security forces fired teargas canisters to break up the funeral procession of slain civilian Muhammad Saleem Malik, a resident of City’s Noorbagh area.
Later during the day, irate crowds clashed with police and Central armed forces at several places in central Srinagar amid a spontaneous shutdown. The security forces fired dozens of teargas canisters to quell stone- pelting mobs in these areas, the witnesses said. The officials said that the civilian was caught in crossfire between a group of militants and the security forces at Noorbagh at around 4 am. The security forces, they said, had while acting on a “credible input” cordoned a cluster of houses where the militants were hiding. “The hiding terrorists fired indiscriminately resulting in death of Malik,” they added.
Malik’s family and neighbours alleged that he was shot in cold blood apparently after the militants had given a slip to the security forces during a cordon- and- search- operation in the area.
The police and Army said that three militants were killed in two separate operations in southern Anantnag and central Budgam districts on Thursday. One Army jawan was also killed and three others wounded during these clashes, they added.