SRINAGAR: On Sept. Militants abducted head constable Mohammad Ashra, from Harwan, bazar on the outskirts of Srinagar while he was purchasing medicine.
Troops spotted a group of infiltrators in the curfew bound five border belt and asked them to lay down arms. Instead of surrendering, the militants opened fire at the troops and in the ensuing encounter nine militants were killed; the spokesman said_
This was the second major encounter in the five border belt within 24 hours, Barlier, nine infiltrators were shot dead on Saturday last
Fate of three other abducted persons Pankaj Kumar Sinha, former Bihar MLA, Mohammad Shareef, an employee of Regional Engineering College and Prof, Abdul Ahad Wani, who teaches law in Kashmir university—is still unknown.
However, Gazanfar, son of former Minister and senior Janata Dal leader of J and K, Abdul Qayoom reached home unharmed on Sunday evening, He was abducted from his Rambagh clinic on August 30.
Four pedestrians were injured when a grenade, missed the target and exploded on the road,
Militants blasted a truck at Bulbul Now gam in Anantnag district, he said.
He said fire broke out in the building of the sheep husbandry depart ment at KunanBandipur in Baramulla district. Three houses, one inSnnagarandtwoat Langate in frontierregion of Kupwara, were set ablaze.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 10, 1993
