According to Daily Excelsior,
army personnel killed a ‘battalion
commander’ of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
(HM)
in an encounter at Kanjikullah
in Kulgam area on July 19.
The terrorist has been identified
as Mohammad Saleem Bhat alias
Junaid. In another incident,
on July 20, troops of Rashtriya
Rifles raided a civilian house
at Sursunoo village in Kulgam
and killed four Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT)
terrorists. The house was
completely destroyed during
the attack.
In a separate incident, a student was slaughtered in full public view
after being abducted by LeT
terrorists at Vehil Nowgam
in the Shopian-Kulgam area
of South
Kashmir. Terrorists suspected the youth to be an army
informer, a charge which was
denied by the security force
(SF) sources.
Dead body of a civilian, killed by terrorists was recovered in upper reaches
of Gulabgarh in the Mahore
area. According to police
sources, the civilian was
abducted from his residence
on the intervening night of
July 9 and 10 and killed in
captivity.
Separately, two LeT terrorists were arrested from Shumshan Ghat in Karan
Nagar area in capital Srinagar and two grenades were recovered from them.
Meanwhile, an encounter between security forces and a group of terrorists
has ensued in a forest area
near Manari Nullah at Arnas
in Reasi police district on
July 20. Exchange of fire
was continuing till the time
of filing of the report. | 
