Well, Cindy, the times of mutilation are back, apart from the Spain atrocity.
Ultras chop off ears of two persons
3 militants among 6 killed
*Two HUJI activists surrender
Excelsior Special Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 21: Three militants, two civilians and an Army soldier were killed while the militants chopped off ears of two persons including a Naib Sarpanch and two militants surrendered before security forces in separate incidents across the Jammu region since last evening.
Official sources said three foreign mercenaries were eliminated by the troops at Kalaban in Mendhar tehsil in Poonch district late this evening.
Slain militants belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit, they said.
Three AK rifles and a large quantity of ammunition was recovered from the scene of encounter, they said, adding the operation was going on in the area following reports that two to three more militants were hiding in the area.
Sources said the slain militants had planned to kill NC MLA from Mendhar, Javed Rana.
Meanwhile, sources said a civilian Ali Mohd was kidnapped by the militants from his house at village Thuroo in Mahore tehsil in Udhampur district last night. His body with bullet marks was recovered by the police this morning.
Another civilian Abdul Lateef son of Abdul Ghani, a resident of village Udhyanpur in Doda was gunned down by the militants in his house late last night. The militants, numbering two, escaped after the killing.
No reasons have been ascertained so far behind the two killings, the sources said.
An encounter took place between the troops of 10 Rashtriya Rifles and a group of militants at village Dessa in Doda this morning. An Army jawan Santosh Sharma was killed in the firing while the militants escaped.
Security forces continued searches for the militants, who were suspected to be the foreign mercenaries of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit, the sources said.
Another encounter between security forces and the militants took place at village Magota in Marmat area of Doda. A woman Maluta Begum wife of Abdul Aziz was trapped in the cross-firing and got seriously injured. She has been admitted in the hospital.
Meanwhile, a group of ultras last night struck at village Morha Kalwa in Mahore tehsil of Reasi police district. They beat-up Misri Din, Naib Sarpanch of Halqa Mallas, Haji Sulla Mohd, Nambardar of Kalwa and Mohd Amkala, a Village Level Worker.
Before fleeing, the militants partially shopped off left ears of Mohd Amkala and Misri Din for taking part in the ongoing election process. Mahore falls in Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency, which will go to polls on May 9 in last and final phase of polling.
Injured persons have been hospitalised. Their condition was, however, stated to be stable.
Another civilian Ghulam Hassan Gujjar, who had been kidnapped by the militants from village Dessa in Gool area, escaped from the captivity in Lapri area of Mahore yesterday. He reached his house safely last night.
Meanwhile, two militants including a Harkat-ul-Jehad Islami (HUJI) ‘area commander’ Jamal-ud-Din surrendered before security forces in Banihal area of Ramban police district today, the sources said, adding they handed over one rifle and ammunition at the time of surrender.
Our Kathua correspondent adds: Security forces, during a search operation in Billawar, today recovered two 303 rifles, two magazines, 14 rounds, one UBGL and two UBGL grenades.
http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/04apr22/news.htm#2Words just cannot express adequately what I feel when I read these articles.