Posted on 10/31/2005 2:58:31 AM PST by Gengis Khan
SRINAGAR, OCT 30 (PTI) Two self-styled commanders of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in separate encounters while ultras shot dead a contractor and made an abortive attempt to set off an explosion at a crowded market in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, a police spokesman said today.
An explosive device planted by militants in a briefcase was recovered by a police party from the main market at Ganderbal on the outskirts of Srinagar this morning, the spokesman said.
He said the timely detection of the explosive foiled ultras' bid to set off a massive blast in the crowded market. Had the device exploded, it could have caused huge casualty, the spokesman added.
In another successful operation, the spokesman said, a self-styled divisional commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Taj Pahalwan was killed in an encounter with security forces at Peer Bali in Surankote area of Poonch district today.
The deceased was the oldest surviving militant in the area, active for last eight to nine years, he said adding, a large quantity of arms and ammunition were recovered from him.
Security forces gunned down the area commander of Hizbul Fareed Hussain alias Haris in an encounter at Tandla in Gandoh area of Doda district this morning, the spokesman said.
He said militants shot dead a contractor Mohammad Yousuf Qazi when he was boarding his car at Khimber-Zakoora on the outskirts of Srinagar late last night. Qazi, a resident of New Theed locality of Harwan, was rushed to hospital where he was decleared brought dead, he added.
Residents of New Theed today demonstrated against the killing, blocking traffic on the main road.
This is the sort of story we don't get out of our own press. One has to go to military sources, usually, to find out about successes in anti-terror operations.
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