3 militants, cop killed, top Hizb commander arrested in J

Srinagar, Apr 20 (UNI) Security forces gunned down three militants, including a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) ultra holed up inside a mosque, and arrested a top HM commander from a hospital here, while a police constable was killed and another injured in an attack in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, an official spokesman said today.

Militants hurled a hand grenade near the Bhaderwah Police Station in Doda district of Jammu region today. The grenade resulted in the death of a police constable and injury to another.

A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) x x x Eds: here pick up from para two of DR 63 (INSURGENCY-ROUNDUP-KASHMIR).

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