http://zeenews.india.com/india/paki...ers-in-jks-poonch-bsf-retaliates-2001208.html
An army JCO and a BSF head constable were killed on Monday and another soldier was injured as Pakistan fired rockets at a forward defence location (FDL) post of the paramilitary force along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The ceasefire violation took place around 8:30 AM.
Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh and Head Constable Prem Sagar of the BSF's 200 Battalion were killed in the attack, a senior officer of the paramilitary force said.
"At about 0830 hours, there was heavy firing from Pakistani (army) posts at BSF posts along the LoC in Krishnagati sector of Poonch district with rockets and automatic weapons," the officer said.
Another BSF jawan, Rajendra Singh, was injured in the firing.
Troops guarding the border line retaliated effectively, the officer said.
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Under the cover of heavy mortar fire, a Pakistani special forces team sneaked 250 metres across the Line of Control (LoC) into the Poonch sector and beheaded two Indian security personnel today.
The attack was carried out by the Border Action Team (BAT), which comprises the special forces, under the cover of shelling by Pakistani troops in Krishna Ghati Sector in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Army issued a statement saying that the bodies of an army soldier and a BSF head constable were mutilated but a senior army officer told
PTI that they were beheaded.
The BAT team had set up an ambush to target the patrol party of the Indian soldiers while the Pakistan Army engaged two Indian forward defence locations (FDL) with rockets and mortar bombs, the officials said.
"It was a pre-planned operation of the Pakistan Army. They had pushed in BAT teams over 250 meters deep inside Indian territory and set up ambushes for a long period to carry out the attack," a senior army official said.
"The Pakistani army posts attacked two FDL posts with rockets and mortar bombs at 0830 hours and engaged them," the official said.
"Their target was a 7 to 8-member patrol party, which had come out of the post," the official said.
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The soldiers killed were Naib Subedar Paramjeet Singh of 22 Sikh Infantry and Head Constable Prem Sagar of 200th Battalion of BSF.
A BSF constable Rajinder Singh was injured but is out of danger.
As per reports, at 0825 hours, Pakistani army's 647 Mujahid Battalion targeted India's forward post 'Kirpan' from its post 'Pimple' in Krishna Ghati sector.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...rinagar-grenade-explosion/article18341820.ece
A police official said the grenade exploded on the roadside, resulting in injuries to the policemen and the civilian.
Suspected militants on Sunday hurled a grenade on a police party here in Jammu and Kashmir, in which four persons were injured, police said.
Three policemen and a civilian suffered injuries in the explosion which occurred near the office of superintendent of police, North City, at Khanyar, officials said.
A police official said the grenade exploded on the roadside, resulting in injuries to the policemen and the civilian.
Further details are awaited, the official said.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...suspected-militants-in-jk/article18344911.ece
Suspected militants tonight shot at and injured a person in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, the police said.
At about 21:25 hours, unidentified militants fired at and injured Nisar Ahmad Mir near his home in Presoo area of the district, a police official said.
He said Mir was shifted to the district hospital from where he was referred to a hospital here for specialised treatment.
Mir, the official said, was reportedly working as a private electrician.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...an-heist-in-south-kahsmir/article18347270.ece
The cops and the bank officials were killed by the militants after dragging them out of their vehicle, says south Kashmir DIG
Militants on Monday killed four policemen and two bank officials besides looting a bank's cash van in Kulgam district of Kashmir, the police said.
The policemen and bank officials were killed by the militants after dragging them out of their vehicle, DIG south Kashmir S.P. Pani told
PTI.
Preliminary reports suggest that the cash van in transit between Shopian and Kulgam came under attack at Keegam area by unidentified gunmen.
"There was an exchange of fire too. The details are being collected," a police official told
The Hindu.
Of late, there are increased attacks by militants on banks in Kashmir. A number of banks were looted in the past year.
(With inputs from PTI)
A security person keeps tight vigil as the vehicles loaded with official documents moving toward Kashmir during 'Darbar Move' near Jammu on Sunday. PTI Photo
BSF head constable Prem Sagar (Left), Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh (Right)
Other acts of mutilation
On October 28, 2016, militants attacked a post and killed an Indian army soldier and mutilated his body close to the Line of Control (LoC) in the Machil sector.
In January 2013, Lance Naik Hemraj was killed and his body mutilated by BAT. It also beheaded Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh. Constable Rajinder Singh of the BSF suffered injuries in the attack.
In June 2008, a soldier of the 2/8 Gorkha Rifles lost his way and was captured by BAT in Kel sector. His body was found beheaded after a few days.
During the 1999 Kargil conflict, Captain Saurabh Kalia was tortured by his Pakistani captors who later handed over his mutilated body to India.
In February, 2000, terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri had led a raid on the Indian army’s ‘Ashok Listening Post’ in the Nowshera sector and killed seven Indian soldiers.
Even then, Kashmiri had taken back to Pakistan the head of a 24-year-old Indian jawan Bhausaheb Maruti Talekar of the 17 Maratha Light Infantry.
