A man, identified as Mohd Razaq, was shot dead by terrorists in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening. The incident occurred when the victim came out from a mosque in his village of Kunda Top, Shahdhara Sharif area in Rajouri district.
Jammu and Kashmir news: DGP Swain said that about 6,000 bravehearts from different forces of the country have made the supreme sacrifice, and over 1,600 of them are from the J&K Police alone.
Militants on Friday attacked a security forces' party in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that she was placed under house arrest ahead of her visit to the family of Athar Mushtaq, one of the three alleged militants killed in an encounter in Parimpora locality here in December last year.
India is coming up with a surrender and rehabilitation policy for the youth who want to give up militancy in Jammu and Kashmir.
Malik made it clear that the specialised force could be used only in the "gravest of grave" situations.
"Eighty-seven youths have joined militancy in 2018 (till July 20) in the four districts of South Kashmir - Anantnag (14), Pulwama (35), Shopian (23), Kulgam (15)," the minister said in the reply.
Giving details, the officials said 39 security personnel, including 17 Army personnel, 20 policemen and two CRPF personnel, were killed and 96 others injured in militancy-related incidents in first six months of this year.
According to officials, 45 youths, including MBA to PHD Scholars, from the Kashmir valley joined militancy this year till mid-april.
"As many as 66 youths joined militancy in 2015, 88 in 2016 and 126 in 2017," the chief minister said while replying to a written question by National Conference leader Ali Mohammed Sagar.
One feels sorry for the parents, sisters and wives of these youths who have taken up the gun and vanished.
Srinagar: As many as 81 militants have been killed in Kashmir Valley so far this year, with security officials saying the number is higher than that in the last two years.“A total of 81 terrorists
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