2 Pak militants among 3 killed, three women detained in J and K

Srinagar, Mar 28 (UNI) Security forces killed two foreign militants, averted a major tragedy when they recovered a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from a passenger bus and recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition, including explosives in Jammu and Kashmir overnight.

Militants abducted one person Nazir Hussain and killed him by slitting his throat at Argi in Rajouri district of Jammu region late last night.

An official spokesman said a foreign militant Fazul-ur-Rehman, who was injured in an encounter at Kandi, Kupwara, recently, died.

His body was recovered from the forest area this morning.

He said an encounter took place at Timrannar forest in Poonch district this morning in which a foreign militant Abu Rehman was killed. One AK rifle and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militant, a resident of Subha Sarhad, Pakistan.

According to a sources, security forces busted a hideout and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including seven kg explosive, five ak magzines, 559 rounds of ammunition,65 UBGL rounds, 8 UBGL grenades, 27 detonators and one wireless set at Tral in Pulwama district. However, no one was arrested.

A defence ministry spokesman said a Road Opening Party (ROP) of the army during a routine checking of vehicles near Azad Gunj, Baramulla, about 55 km from here, found a pressure cooker.

When it was opened an IED was found inside with a timer and a detonator. Later, the passengers were taken to safer place, he said.

The entire area was immediately cordoned off and the IED was later defused by the army, he said.

He said three suspected women, travelling in the bus, were detained and handed over to police for further questioning.

The spokesman said because of tight vigil, militants were now using women and children as couriers to take arms and ammunition and explosives from one place to another.

UNI