Mehbooba also said unemployment and alienation in Jammu and Kashmir have reached alarming levels, citing recent incidents, and alleged that the Omar Abdullah-led government has remained silent on these burning issues.
The body of one of the two soldiers, who had gone missing after a snowstorm on Monday in the dense Gadol forests of Kokernag, where they were engaged in a search operation, was recovered yesterday.
A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) was among two soldiers of the Indian Army martyred in an encounter with terrorists on Monday in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.
A day after the ceasefire was announced between India and Pakistan, the Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) carried out multiple searches across South Kashmir. The raids were conducted at 20 locations as part of the surveillance on the terror associates and overground workers (OGW) working in Kashmir.
The Indian army and local security forces have re-dominated the vulnerable axes in South Kashmir as part of the robust yet lawful actions aimed at isolating terrorist posts after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
The two encounters broke out in the Hardumir area of Tral and Chowgam in Shopian. Two terrorists were killed in each of these encounters. The encounter in Tral lasted a few minutes.
People gathered at the encounter spot and a couple of women raised slogans. However, the situation was brought under control.
GOC Chinar Corps and all ranks on Thursday laid wreaths on the mortal remains of the braveheart, Rifleman Shakir Manzoor Wagay of 162 Infantry Battalion(Territorial Army) at the Srinagar based Chinar Corps War Memorial.
“At about 6.05 pm, terrorists fired at a police personnel, identified as Bantoo Sharma (Follower) of Wanpoh, and injured him,” police said.
He was shifted to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
