Youth killed as Pak Rangers shell border posts, villages in Jammu | Zee News
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 12:24
Jammu: A youth was killed when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by targeting border out posts and border hamlets by resorting to firing and mortar shelling along the IB in Jammu district on Tuesday.
BSF troops retaliated resulting in exchange of fire, which was still going on when last reports came.
A BSF spokesman said, "Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing of small arms and mortar shells on BoPs along IB in Kanachak and Pargwal sectors of Jammu district from 0540 hours".
They targeted 12 BoPs along IB in these sectors, he said.
Pakistani rangers also shelled border hamlets in these sectors, a police officer said,
adding that 22-year-old Sanjay Kumar was killed when a Pakistani shell exploded in Hamirpur Kona in Pargwal belt of Jammu.
Mortar shelling has also triggered panic among people living in Kanachak and Pargwal forward areas.
There are reports that Pakistan has also fired on BoPs in R S Pura belt, they said.
With today's ceasefire violations, there have been 8 ceasefire violations by Pakistani Rangers in August.
On August 2 and 3, Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire four times by resorting to small arms firing in forward posts along LoC in Krishnagati, Mandi, Balakote and Pallanwala sectors of Poonch and Jammu districts.
There were two ceasefire violations on August one.
Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing of mortar bombs on border out posts along the International Border in R S Pura sector in Jammu district on Saturday night.
Pakistani Rangers also violated the ceasefire by resorting to small arms firing and mortar shelling on 3 BoPs along the IB in Akhnoor sector in Jammu district yesterday.
There have been 18 ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border in July in which four persons, including three jawans, were killed and 14 others injured.
: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling on 12 border out posts along International Border in Jammu district on Tuesday.
The Border Security Force noticed suspicious movements near a border outpost in Kanachak area of the Jammu district during the night, a police officer told IANS.
"BSF fired to thwart any possible infiltration attempt after which it was quiet till morning.
"But at 6.05 am, Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing at the BSF border outpost," he added.
BSF retaliated effectively and heavy firing exchanges are underway.
On Monday, the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Rangers violated ceasefire at four places on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border.
Pakistani troops had violated the ceasefire four time on 29 and 30 of July along the LoC.
There have been three incidents of sniper attacks by Pakistani troops along the LoC in July. An Army jawan was killed in Poonch and two BSF jawans were killed in similar incidents along the LoC in Kashmir Valley.
There have been 18 ceasefire violations along the Indo-Pak border in July in which four persons, including three jawans, were killed and 14 others injured.
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Police bust Hizbul Mujahideen sleeper cell in Jammu and Kashmir | Zee News
Last Updated: Monday, August 3, 2015 - 21:17
Srinagar: A sleeper cell of banned terror group
Hizbul Mujahideen has been busted here with police arresting its chief, a UK-based Kashmiri physiotherapist.
"Police have busted a sleeper cell of Hizbul Mujahideen functioning illegally under the command of self-styled commander Mohammad Shaheen Baba alias Zaid-bin Tariq," a police spokesman said.
Baba, a resident of Chadoora in central Kashmir's Budgam district, along with other members of the cell had planned to carry out "sensational acts of terror by way of IED blasts", the spokesman said.
"One Chinese pistol with magazine, 25 live rounds, incriminating documents and a mobile phone were seized from the cell members," he said.
Giving details, the spokesman said Baba had been working in the UK as a physiotherapist and living in London since 2006. He married an American national of Pakistani origin and visited Pakistan, where he got in touch with commanders of Hizbul Mujahideen.
"On their (commanders') directions, (he) established the sleeper cell. The group was planning to carry out IED blasts in the Valley especially in Srinagar city," he added.
The other members of the group have been identified as Mudasir Ahmad Baba alias Auranzaib, Basharat Hussain Baba, Uqab Ahmad Wazir and Manzoor Ahmad, he said.
The spokesman, however, did not specify if any other member of the cell other than Baba had been arrested.
Further investigations are going on which may lead to more arrests, he said adding a case under section 13 of Unlawful Activities Act has been registered in Police station Sadder here, the spokesman said.
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