Engineer, student among four killed in J and K

Srinagar, Nov 21 (UNI) A Junior Engineer was shot dead while a student of Kashmir University was hanged to death in the Kashmir valley, official sources said today.

Security forces gunned down two militants in an encounter at Khari Doda district of Jammu region today.

The encounter ensued after a joint search party of Rashitriya Rifles (RR) and Special Operation Group (SOG) was fired by militants. Two AK rifles and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants, identified as Arif Tunda and Shabir Ahmad.

An unidentified gunmen shot dead a Junior Engineer Bashir Ahmad Tantray at Pattan in north Kashmir district of Baramulla today, official sources said.

A Kashmir university student Mohammad Yousuf Dar alias Sahib was hanged to death by militants in south Kashmir district of Pulwama.

Yousuf was kidnapped by militants alongwith his father Ghulam Mohiuddin Dar, a retired Border Security Force (BSF) jawan, from their house at village Amlar, in Pulwama on November 19.

However, his father was let off by the militants unharmed.

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