Militant hideout busted, arms cache recovered in J&K | Zee News
Jammu: Security forces have busted a militant hideout and recovered large quantity of ammunition and explosives in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Acting on a specific information, police along with CRPF conducted a joint search operation at Bandhara Dewal forest area of Mahore tehsil in Reasi district yesterday, a police officer said here today.
During the search, 60 AK-47 rounds and six Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) grenades were recovered from the hideout, he said.
A case was registered in this regard at Police Station Mahore, he said.
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First Published: Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 12:32
Altaf Ahmad played a crucial role in combating terror in the Valley.
Valley’s top counter-insurgency cop killed in LeT attack - The Hindu
Altaf Ahmad or ‘Altaf Laptop’ was the brain behind several online surveillance operations against militants since 2006.
He earned the sobriquet ‘Altaf Laptop’ within the police for his unmatched success in online surveillance of militant activities since 2006.
On Wednesday, sub-inspector Altaf Ahmad fell to bullets, while chasing Kashmir’s most-wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operational commander Abu Qasim.
Heading the Srinagar-based Special Investigation Team (SIT) for counter-insurgency, with 40 members reporting to him, Mr. Ahmad had been tracking Qasim — a foreign militant with a Rs. 20 lakh reward on his head — for long.
Sources said Mr. Ahmad was killed when he and his men were going after the militant commander in a private vehicle, following a tip-off from a source.
“We suspect it was a source trap,” said a top counter-insurgency official.
Mr. Ahmad had decided to carry out the operation on his own without laying any cordon, which counter-insurgency officials said “was a very casual approach.”
The source was right about the location of Qasim, who was “already alert.” Mr. Ahmad gave chase to Qasim’s car near Gund Dachin area of Bandipora, 40 km from Srinagar. Sources said Qasim and other militants stopped Mr. Ahmad’s vehicle and opened fire.
Mr. Ahmad, who was injured, was immediately rushed to the Army’s 92 Base Hospital, Srinagar, where he died.
Elusive Qasim is behind several high-profile militant attacks in the Valley since 2012, including the Hyderpora attack in 2013 that left eight Army personnel dead, attack on the Silver Star hotel in October 2012 and the attack on the BSF in Pampore in 2013.
Operating for the past five years in south Kashmir, Qasim, whose name figured in the Udhampur attack this year that left two BSF men dead, had apparently shifted his base to north Kashmir’s Bandipora district recently.
‘A big loss’
“The police officer was an asset to the department. He had done a tremendous job on the anti-terrorism front. It is really a big loss for us,” said Inspector General Police, Kashmir Range, Syed Javaid Mujtaba Geelani.
“It has broken the backbone of the counter-insurgency cell of the police,” admitted another top cop to
The Hindu.
According to the police, he was the brain behind 33 per cent of the operations against militants. It was because of him many top Hizbul Mujahideen commanders, including Qazi Misbauddin, Hanief Khan and Muzaffar Dar, were killed.
In 2012, Mr. Ahmad is believed to have played a key role in identifying constable Abdul Rashid Shigan’s militant activities, which included 13 attacks across Srinagar, by tapping phones.
Army jawan laid to rest - The Hindu
Updated: October 8, 2015 05:52 IST
The Golladi village in Badangi mandal on Wednesday bid a tearful adieu to its brave son Lance Naik (GD) Botta Satyam (36) of the 6th RR Battalion, who was killed in a militant attack at Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir.His body was consigned to flames with military honours at the village.
The defence personnel fired three rounds in the air as the mark of last respect during the funeral.
Satyam’s elder brother Appanna lit the funeral pyre, in the presence of his father Ramulu and mother Narayanamma and sons.
Lance Naik Botta Satyam of the 6th RR Battalion was killed in a militant attack at Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir
The body of the jawan was flown into Visakhapatnam from Delhi. Military Honour and wreath laying ceremony was conducted at Shradhanjili Sthal at airport by Station HQs (Army) Visakhapatnam as a mark of respect to the deceased with a Ceremonial Guard of the Navy in attendance. Representatives of the District Administration of Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram as well as Zilla Sainik Welfare Officer Visakhapatnam and Ex-Servicemen Association also paid tributes to the deceased.