Security forces kill mastermind behind Srinagar car bomb blast
“Doctor Saheb”, the alleged mastermind behind last month’s car bomb blast outside the high- security Central Jail here, has been killed in an encounter at Ledhu forest in South Kashmir, senior officials said on Thursday.
Acting on a tip off, the police and the Army, had cordoned off the forest area stretching between Krew and Tral area of South Kashmir, after which three terrorists were killed while six to seven were still hiding in the forests.
Identification of the dead Lashkar militants revealed that one of them was Muddasir, a resident of Awantipura (South Kashmir), who left Bachelor of Dental Science course to join Lashkar terror group.
Police was on the look out for Muddasir who was alleged to have mastered the art of assembling Improvised Explosive Devices, senior officials said, adding he had also assembled the IED on September 12 in the car that ripped apart a police bus killing four persons, including three policemen.
Popularly known as “Doctor Saheb”, Muddasir was identified this morning, they said.
Police is also on the look out for a Pakistani national identified as Rahman, who is alleged to have planted the bomb on the outskirts of the high-security prison. The IED was tied to a gas cylinder which was kept in a car parked nearly 30 metres from the jail.
Security forces kill mastermind behind Srinagar car bomb blast
The terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the incident for which logistics were provided by Hizbul Mujahideen.
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Army launches major operation in Uri
SRINAGAR: Army on Thursday continued its combing operation along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri sector for the fourth straight day to hunt
down a group of terrorists believed to have sneaked into the Indian territory on Sunday night.
Sources said the operation was launched after an army patrol noticed a cut in the LoC fencing in Lacchipora sector. "Army is yet to achieve a breakthrough and with each passing day, the chances of success are becoming bleak,'' a source said.
The army gunned down five militants trying to infiltrate into the Indian side along the LoC in north Kashmir's Gurez sector on Wednesday.
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Militant, jawan killed;4 injured in encounter
23 September 2009
Srinagar, Sept 22: A militant and an Army soldier were killed while four other jawans were injured in a fierce gun battle raging between ultras and the security forces in the forest area of Rafiabad in Baramulla district of North Kashmir.An encounter broke out between militants and troops of 32 Rashtriya Rifles in Panzla forest area of Rafiabad this morning during a search operation launched by the security forces, official sources said
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5 militants shot dead in Gurez
Tribune, 3 September 2009
The Army has shot dead five militants in the Gurez sector, who had infiltrated through the LoC into Kashmir, an Army spokesperson said here today. The spokesperson said the security forces, already on an extra vigil in the wake of several infiltration attempts by the militants in the past couple of weeks, detected a group of militants moving in the Gurez sector
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Two top HM comdrs killed in Kulgam , 26 September 2009
SRINAGAR/JAMMU, Sept 24: Two top commanders of Hizbul Mujahideen were today gunned down by security forces in an encounter at Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam district. Both slain militants belonged to Neoch, Mahore in Reasi district and were involved in several massacres, kidnappings and extortions in Mahore-Gool-Gulabgarh belt
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Hunt on for infiltrators in Kupwara
SRINAGAR: A search operation was launched in Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir after security forces found two hand grenades and a wireless set near the Line of Control (LoC), indicating the movement of militants from across the border, official sources said on Tuesday.
A joint patrol of the Army and the BSF recovered the grenades, the wireless set, four wire cutters and 26 pencil cells at Surnal Malie in Keran sector on Monday.
The sources said all formations along the LoC were alerted and search parties fanned out to neutralise infiltrators.. — PTI
.no one knows if they r good or bad,so lets just pray for them to atleast RIP.
