Two Policemen were shot dead in twin attacks at busy market
places
in two
towns
of Pulwama
(Pulwama
District)
and
Yaripora
(Kulgam
District)
in the
afternoon
of July
3, reports
Daily
Excelsior.
Militants
fired
at and
killed
Constable,
Dalbir
Singh,
who
was
regulating
traffic
in Pulwama
Chowk.
In another
incident,
militants
opened
indiscriminate
fire
on Constable
Mukhtar
Ahmad
Bhat
at Yaripora
market.
Eyewitnesses
said
that
the
militants
were
travelling
in a
car
and
fired
at the
constable
indiscriminately.
Militants
also
snatched
his
service
AK-Rifle.
A civilian,
Samir
Ahmad
Tak,
suffered
minor
injuries
in the
attack.
Separately, at least 12 persons, including four Policemen,
were
injured
during
the
clashes
that
broke
out
at Ganderbal
(Ganderbal
District)
after
a girl
was
allegedly
assaulted
by the
college
authorities
on the
allegation
that
she
did
not
adhere
to the
dress
code.
After
the
incident,
the
students
pelted
stones
at the
college
building.
As the
protesters
were
protesting
and
pelting
stones,
Police
asked
them
to refrain
from
stone
pelting.
The
protesting
students
continued
stone
pelting
resulting
in Police
resorting
to lathi
-charge.
Later
people
of the
area
also
joined
the
protest.
The
clashes
between
the
two
sides
led
to injuries
to 12
persons,
including
four
Policemen.
Meanwhile, Police neutralized a recruitment module of Lashkar-e-Toiba
(LeT)
and
arrested
seven
militants
from
Sopore
town
and
its
adjoining
areas
in Baramulla
District.
One
Pika
Gun,
75 rounds
of Pika
ammunition,
two
Chinese
Pistols,
two
Pistol
magazines,
nine
Pistol
ammunition
rounds,
one
UBGL
Thrower,
six
UBGL
Shell,
one
Detonator,
one
Rocket
Launcher
and
four
Hand
grenades
were
recovered
from
the
arrestees.
The
module
was
tasked
to target
VIP
rallies
and
Security
Forces
(SFs).
Superintendent
of Police
(SP,
Sopore)
Imtiaz
Hussain
said
that
local
boys
were
recruited
into
the
outfit
building
a network
of LeT
operatives
who
were
bent
upon
executing various
terrorist
actions
in and
around
Sopore
in criminal
conspiracy
with
one
Pakistani
terrorist
code
named
Fahadullah,
who
is operating
in Sopore,
who
in turn
has
been
taking
directions
from
another
terrorist
code
named
Hanzullah-an
LeT
‘commander’
based
in Pakistan.
He said
that
Fahadullah
is the
only
surviving
LeT
terrorist
of Pakistani
origin
in Sopore
active
as on
date.
"After
being
indoctrinated
with
Jihadi
ideology,
the
group
members
had
formally
joined
LeT
organization
and
were
provided
the
communication
gadgets
and
weaponry",
he added.
"The
members
of the
module
have
been
assigned
with
various
tasks
of couriering
the
weapons
and
money,
identifying
the
targets
vis-a-vis
security
installations
and
arranging
communication
devices.
Some
of the
members
of the
module
were
preparing
to visit
Pakistan
on legal
documents
to get
further
training
in bomb
making
and
other
terrorist
activities,
while
others
were
preparing
other
terrorist
actions
including
grenade
attacks
on VIP
rallies
and
attacks
on police
and
security
forces",
the
SP added. |
