Two Police personnel were injured in firing at Filter Plant Police post in Simna Colony near Kishtwar town in Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on December 22, reports Daily Excelsior. Suspected assailants opened firing at Filter Plant police post at 10.05 pm, in which the two Police personnel, identified as Mohammad Saleem and Ajay Kumar, sustained injuries.
Meanwhile, Security Forces (SFs) destroyed a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the Baramulla-Uri road in Baramulla District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on December 22, reports Daily Excelsior."A suspicious object was found on the roadside on the Baramulla-Uri highway and was subsequently destroyed by the experts of bomb disposal squad," Police said.
Separately, a militant associate allegedly linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was arrested in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on December 22, reports Daily Excelsior. Rasiq Maqbool Sheikh, a resident of Pastoona village, was allegedly involved in providing logistic support to the active JeM terrorists operating in Tral belt of Pulwama District, Police said. Few incriminating materials has been recovered from his possession.