Majid Jahangir

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, October 2

Five militants were killed as the Army foiled two infiltration attempts in north Kashmir on Monday.Three militants were killed when an infiltration bid was foiled in Tangdhar in the frontier Kupwara district —- the sector that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited on September 29 during her two-day trip to the state.In Tangdhar, over 150 km from Srinagar, the infiltration was foiled in the wee hours when the Army noticed suspicious movement. The group opened fire when challenged, triggering a fierce gunfight. “Three terrorists have been killed in the sector,” Srinagar-based defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said.While the search operation was being carried out in the dense forest of Tangdhar, two militants were killed in a gunfight in Rampur, Uri. The infiltration at Torna in the Rampur sector, over 110 km from Srinagar, was foiled when soldiers noticed the movement of armed militants close to the Line of Control. The militants when challenged, opened fire, leading to a gunfight.“Two terrorists were killed in the gunfight and two weapons were recovered. The search operation is still in progress,” said Colonel Kalia. The identity of the slain militants could not be established. Maj Gen RP Kalita, General Officer Commanding of the Baramulla-based 19 Infantry Division, said that 60 to 70 militants were waiting at the launch pads along the LoC from Gulmarg to Nowgam, which is being guarded by his division. He stated this on the sidelines of a function in Gulmarg.In the past eight days, four infiltration attempts, mostly in and around the Uri sector, have been foiled by the Army, leaving ten militants dead.

Cop shot dead by ultras in PulwamaA policeman was gunned down by militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday evening. The police said Head Constable Ashiq Hussain was shot and critically wounded at Padgampora in Awantipora when he was on his way home. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a manhunt.

Two policemen injured in Baramulla grenade blastSrinagar: Two policemen were injured on Monday evening when militants lobbed a grenade at a joint police and Army checkpoint at Juhama in Baramulla. “Around 7 pm, militants riding a motorcycle made an about-turn while seeing a naka party. As they were challenged to stop, one of the two militants on the motorcycle hurled a grenade towards the naka party. Two policemen received minor injuries in the blast,” a police spokesman said. The area was cordoned off to trace the militants.