CHANDIGARH: Twenty people including six militants and two security men were killed in Punjab since Feb 10.
Dung the period the general secretary of the Janata Yuva Morcha (youth wing of the Janata Dal) Jaswinder Singh Rajiv and his brother grappled with and foiled militants’ attempt on their life while security forces nabbed two militants.
Militants gunned down five persons including an assistant subinspector (ASI) and a local Congress-I leader in Sangrur district on Sunday.
Police sources said militants shot dead liquor vend owner at Tappa in Sangrur district. Later they ambushed a police party which was rushing to the spot and gunned down ASI Joginder Singh. Three other persons were also killed in the shoot-out.
Two militants were killed in inter-gang warfare in village Palali in Patiala district Saturday night.
One person was gunned down in village Sodhi wala in Ferozepur
Militants kidnapped a Punjab Police head constable from Kahlawan village in Batala district Saturday evening. The head constable was later shot dead and his body thrown near Neel Kalan village of Qadian area police said.
Two persons including a militant were killed in an encounter at village Simply in Hoshiarpur district. Two pistols and some ammunition were recovered from the site.
Police said two militants kidnapped the driver and the conductor of a mini bus near Malike village. While the driver was shot dead the conductor was saved when a police patrol reached the site and engaged the militants in. an encounter in which one of the miscreants was killed
A bullet-ridden body was picked up by police from Mohalla Kareem pura in Ludhiana district and another from village Goindwal in Amritsar district.
An unidentified militant was killed and his accomplice escaped following an encounter near village Maritheh of Amritsar district.
One person was gunned down in village Kulana under Budhlada police station in Bhatinda district.
Security forces shot dead two unidentified intruders from Pakistan in the Ajana sector of the Indo Pak border in Amritsar district
Eleven persons including an area commander of the Bhindranwale Tigers Force and four other militants were killed Feb 8.
Also four militants were arrested and a huge quantity of explosives arms and ammunition seized from their possession the
An unidentified militant was killed and another arrested as the border security force (BSF) foiled the attempt of a gang of militants to cross over to Pakistan near the Rajian border post in the Ajnala sector of the Indo-Pak border.
A BSF spokesman said a large quantity of arms and ammunition including four AK-47 rifles 68 detonators 25 KGS of explosives 11 grenades eight rockets and about 3000 cartridges were recovered from the spot.
Militant Bhai Balwinder Singh Mand area commander of the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan a militant organisations in Punjab consumed cyanide and died on being surrounded by security forces in Amritsar district on Friday police said here.
Elsewhere in the state nine people including three militants were killed three militants arrested and a huge quantity of explosives and weapons seized
Four security personnel were injured in an encounter in village Bhangali Khurd in Ferozepur district Friday afternoon. The injured included a Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector a Punjab armed police constable and two home guards
In an encounter near Chak Sikander village in Majitha district Friday three militants who were stopped by a Naka party escaped while a passer-by was killed in cross firing.
An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter near village Kathiala in Batala district. An AK47 rifle and some cartridges were recovered from the spot.
Two of three unidentified Pakistani intruders were killed in the Dera Baba Nanak sector of the Indo-Pak border in Gurdaspur district.
A militant Bhai Mangal Singh was killed in an encounter near village Mallanwala in Ferozepur district A pistol two live and four empty cartridges were recovered from the spot.
In another encounter in the district one of three militants was killed near village Gurdriwa One gun with some ammunition was recovered from the spot police said here adding that two others escaped.
An unidentified Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the BSF near Chowki Dina Nath in the Guru Har Sahai sector of the Indo Pak border in Ferozepur district.
Three militants were among nine persons killed in Punjab February 7 while an abortive attempt was made on the superintendent of police (SP) (operations) Tarn Taran by militants.
Two militants fired at the car of the S.P. (operation Tarn Taran) in Tarn Taran district Thursday police said adding the escorts of the police officer fired back killing one militant while the other escaped.
Sixteen people including eight security men and five militants were killed while militants blew up a railway track in Punjab Feb 6.
Militants took away eight rifles from a village defence force. A special police officer (SPO) deserted his post along with arms and ammunition.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 15, 1991
