SRINAGAR (PTI): Seven persons were killed and 20 army soldiers injured while 13 militants were nabbed overnight Sept.2 in India’s Kashmir valley, the scene of bloody secessionist campaign.
One person died on spot and 21 others, mostly army soldiers were injured when militants: hurled a grenade at an army convoy, in Ramban, 152 km from Srinagar on the National highway Thurs= day evening, an Official spokesman said here. Body of Hitmaullah Khan, an ex-serviceman who was abducted by unidentified militants on Aug.29, was recovered in Kupwara on Friday, official reports received here said_ Fate of three other kidnapped persons Pankaj Kumar Sinha, a former MLA from Bihar, Mohammad Shareef, anemployec of regional engineering college and Dr.Gazanfar, son of former minister and state Ajanta Dal leader Abdul Dayroom were still tin known. Militants killed one Glulam Dar in PanziporiVilgam, at village Kanli in frontier district of Kupwarain Thursday evenings An unidentified body was fished out from a ditch at GundEQasim in Baramulla district on Thursday, he said, Militants shot dead Hassan Khan in Kupwara district while the body of an unidentified person was found at Parimpora in Srinagar, official sources Said.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 10, 1993
