Vice chairman of Awami League killed, ultra surrenders in J

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Srinagar, Feb 8 (UNI) Unidentified militants today shot dead Awami League (AL) Vice Chairman Mohammad Yousuf while his wife and Personnel Security Officer (PSO) were wounded in the attack in Jammu and Kashmir.

Elsewhere in the state, security forces arrested one Lashker militant and recovered war like stores while one ultra surrendered overnight.

An official spokesman said militants opened fire at the vehicle of Mr Dar at Hajan, about 35 km from here. The Awami League is a political organisation formed by surrendered militants.

Dar, a senior counter insurgent leader, was killed on the spot while his wife Dilshada and PSO Farooq Ahmad were injured.

The injured were admitted to a hospital.

The Awami League was formed by Mohammad Yousuf Parray, alias Kuka Parray in the Kashmir valley in 1995.

Mr Parray, who was elected to the state assembly, was killed by militants in Sumbal area some five years back.

Parray had earlier formed ''Ikhwan'', a group of surrendered militants who were working with security forces during the counter insurgency operations in the valley.

A defence ministry spokesman said on a specific information, the troops conducted a search operation at Harwan in the frontier district of Kupwara last night.

During the operation, they arrested an LeT worker involved in aiding, abetting, harbouring and providing logistic support to militants.

Later, the militant was handed over to the police for further investigation, he said.

In another operation, the Army recovered war-like stores near Sogam in the same district, he said.

The recovery includes one AK-56 rifle, two AK-56 magazines, 40 rounds of AK-56 ammunition which were wrapped in polythene and hid underground. However, no one was arrested.

A police spokesman said one militant surrendered alongwith one AK rifle and two magazines at Buflaiz area in Poonch district last night.

UNI

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