Category: Jammu and Kashmir

A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed on Monday during an operation in Pulwama district of Kashmir. Security forces encircled Pulwama’s Samboora area on Sunday evening following information that militants were hiding there. A police official said a gunfight erupted after security forces came under fire from militants. “In the encounter, one Pakistani LeT terrorist known as Umer of the Abu […]

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said three people, alleged conspirators in the July 10 attack on Amarnath pilgrims, have been arrested by its Special Investigation Team (SIT). The men provided logistical help to four Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) militants who carried out the attack that left eight people dead, IGP Munir Khan told the media here. The men, who had allegedly […]

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested 20 persons in connection with the mob lynching of DSP Ayub Pandith in Srinagar last month, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Munir Khan said in Srinagar on Monday. A militant involved in the killing of the police officer was shot dead in an encounter with security forces on July 12, the IGP […]

An Army Major was on Tuesday shot dead by a jawan following an altercation in the Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the police said. An Army jawan shot dead Major Shikhar Thapa with his service rifle at Butcher Post in the Uri sector, a police official said. Further details are awaited.

Two militants are believed dead in an ongoing encounter in Pulwama’s Tral area. An operation to flush out militants was started on Saturday morning at Gujar Basti near Wantiwen forests of Satura village. An exchange started around 7: 30 a.m. A police official said at least two militants have been killed so far. “The operation is on as more militants […]

Intelligence sources have said three to five Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were involved in the attack on Amarnath Yatra that killed seven pilgrims and injured 14 others, including policemen, when they struck at a bus carrying them on Monday night in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to the sources Ismail, a Lashkar operative from Pakistan, was heading the militant group. He […]