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13 militants killed in Doda encounter

By Our Staff Reporter

JAMMU APRIL 29. Thirteen militants and six security force personnel were killed in a gunbattle in Doda district of the Jammu region early on Tuesday. Three jawans were injured in the encounter.

According to police sources, on receiving intelligence inputs that a group of militants was camping in the Bharat Nullah area, 35 km from Doda town, members of the 10 Rashtriya Rifles as well as the State Police launched a combing operation. Over two dozen militants of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Taiba were holding a joint meeting of their command councils when the security forces reached the spot.

Immediately, the militants began firing at the security forces and a fierce battle ensued. Thirteen militants were killed while the others fled to the neighbouring forest area. Six Rashtriya Rifles jawans also died in the encounter while three injured jawans were airlifted to the Udhampur Military Hospital. Five AK-47 rifles, 1 Pika gun, 1 RPG and 1 wireless set were recovered from the spot.

The search for the remaining militants was continuing and the Doda SP, Saji Mohan, and other senior Army officers were camping at the spot.

Fidayeen strike foiled

Shujaat Bukhari reports from Srinagar:

In Kupwara district, the attempt by two members of a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide squad to sneak into the Rashtriya Rifles Dragmulla headquarters was foiled. While one militant, identified as Badri Hanan of Pakistan, was killed near the camp, the other was chased and shot dead by security forces personnel. In another incident, two BSF jawans were injured when a landmine exploded in Padgampora Pulwama and a BSF vehicle hit it.

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