Police & Army say militants are picking ‘soft targets’ but Yatra will be protected, reveal that Hizbul & Lashkar operatives are joining outfits like AGH to revive them.
The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in a forest area, following information about the presence of militants there, officials said.
Past three days marked pure chaos for Rawalpora as it became the site of perhaps the most intense violence Kashmir has seen since the killing of Riyaz Naikoo last May.
The Army denies that its captain staged the encounter for Rs 20 lakh, saying there was no system of cash rewards for its personnel for any acts in combat situations or otherwise in the line of duty.
The families of three youths killed in an encounter last month reject the police allegation of militancy link. They have demanded the bodies of the slain youths.
Srinagar-based Army spokesperson says reports are ‘misleading’ as the Army has no system of cash awards for its personnel for any acts in combat situations or in the line of duty.
The accused, including an Army officer, allegedly planted illegally acquired weapons and material on the dead bodies of the three youths to tag them as ‘hardcore terrorists’.
Weapons and other incriminating material have also been recovered from their possession, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said.
3 militants, including a Pakistani and a local youth, had struck a CRPF-J&K Police party around 10 am, killing 3 personnel before disappearing into an orchard.
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