A Jaish militant killed, one arrested and another surrender in J

Srinagar, Aug 30 (UNI) A militant of Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was killed and another arrested, while ultras abducted two people in Jammu and Kashmir overnight, a police spokesman said.

He said troops of 2 Para and Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police conducted a joint operation at Balkul Gali last night following a tip off about the presence of militants there.

An encounter took place during the operation in which a JeM militant Ali Raja, a resident of Pakistan, was killed. One AK rifle, three magzines and 45 rounds of ammunition were recovered from the slain militant.

He said the security forces during a search operation at Lashidat, Machil, recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, including five AK 47 rifles, 18 AK magazines, 372 AK rounds, one wireless set, one wire cutter, and four rack sack, seven hand grenade, ten UBGL, 20 meters cordex, 50 detonators and two TNT slab, all of these were destroyed.

One person was abducted by the militants along with his wife at Mirgund in north Kashmir.

Spokesman said security forces and police in a joint operation arrested a Pakistan Trained Militant (PTM) at Dever forest. One magzine, eight rounds of ammunition and one satellite phone were seized.

One militant surrendered along with two AK rifles, 16 magazines, 200 rounds of ammunition and one wireless set at Sarthingal in Bhaderwah area of Jammu region.

Security forces recovered one pistol, six hand grenades, two UBGL grenades, four detonators and half a kg of explosives and one cell phone at Sagrwat Nullah in Rajouri.

UNI