Naik Dipak Maity (L) and Grenadier Manivannan G

Anantnag, June 3

Two Army men were killed and four injured when their convoy came under heavy firing from militants in Hillar village of Anantnag district along the Srinagar-Jammu NH this morning. The attack comes a day after Army Chief General Bipin Rawat chaired a high-level security meeting at 15 Corps headquarters in Srinagar.“The militants fired indiscriminately, leaving at least six Army men injured,” Deputy Inspector General  (South Kashmir Range) SP Pani said. The injured were rushed to the Army’s base hospital in Badamibagh cantonment, Srinagar, where two of them — Naik Dipak  Maity, 43, from Midnapur, West Bengal, and Grenadier Manivannan G, 24, from Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu — succumbed to their injuries.(Follow The Tribune on Facebook; and Twitter @thetribunechd)An Army spokesperson said the condition of the other four was stable. After the attack, Hillar and adjoining villages were cordoned off and searched. Locals claimed the fierce attack and subsequent deployment of security forces brought traffic on the national highway to a halt for a couple of hours. Disagreeing, DIG Pani said the traffic was normal after  20 minutes. The Hizbul-Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for the attack. In a joint operation, the Army and the police had killed Hizb commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat in Tral area of Pulwama district last week. — TNS

CM pays tributes to two Army jawans killed at Qazigund

Srinagar, June 3

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has paid tributes to the two Army jawans who were killed when a convoy in which they travelling was attacked at Lower Munda, Qazigund, today.The Chief Minister has extended her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of the slain soldiers. She has also conveyed her sympathies to the soldiers who were injured in the incident.Mehbooba said that it was unfortunate that an unending cycle of violence had got unleashed in the society which only spread miseries and desperation. — TNS