CHANDIGARH: Nine people, including three militants were killed and four injured in Punjab on August 26.
Gunmen kidnapped one person for ransom while security forces nabbed nine men along with arms and ammunition.
A woman political activist, Dhanwant Kaur, leader of the women’s wing of a political party, the Janwadi Istri Sabha was gunned down along with her son when they were on their way to Thekar Sandhu village in Jalandhar district. Kaur succumbed to injuries in hospital while her son died on the spot.
In a shootout in Jhandoke Sarhali village in Tarn Taran police district Saturday night, a police constable and two men were killed and two policemen injured.
In an encounter with security forces a militant Baldev Singh was killed near Hussain Pur village in Kapurthala district early Sunday. Baldev Singh was wanted in a number of crimes in the state.
One Ak47 rifle, two magazines and 15 cartridges of A k 47 were seized from the spot.
One Jasbir Singh was shot in Batala police district Saturday night.
In another incident, two armed persons forced their entry into a liquor vend at Dalia Wala in Bhatinda district and shot dead an employee.
A liquor vend employee was shot dead another injured in Nihal singh Wala village of Faridkot district.
A Punjab police constable, Karanvir Singh posted at the city police station Moga in Faridkot district was shot at and injuried.
Militants also attacked a special police post at Dharamkot Bagga village under Batala police district Saturday night. No one was injured in the exchange of fire.
Four militants escaped the security forces dragnet near canal bridge Pandori in Gurdaspur district when security forces signalled them to stop, they opened fire. Security forces returned the fire but they escaped.
Kewal Krishan Sharm of Kalanaur in Gurdaspur was kidnapped for ransom and took away his
Licensed gun.
At least seven persons, including two women and a girl, were killed and 11 injured when a powerful bomb planted in a packed private mini bus exploded near Dasuya in Hoshiarpur district.
The bus was proceeding to Dasuya from Haripur. While six passengers died on the spot, another succumbed to his injuries in a hospital at Dasuya,
A certain Kewal Singh was shot dead in Bara Pind in Jalandhar district, one intruder from across the border was killed in the Fazilka sector. Patiala police arrested two men when they tried to snatch cash from a salesman of a patrol pump on Rajpura by pass.
In Hoshiarpur, police arrested two men along with two 12 bore cm pistols and some cartridges, while two others were arrested from Jagraon in Ludhiana district.
Thirteen people, including three policemen, were killed and a police officer escaped an attack.
Security forces arrested six men and two security men were injuried in an encounter in Majitha police district.
One AK 47 Chinese assault rifle with two magazines one foreign made Mauzer with two magazines, one stick bomb and a large quantity of ammunition were recovered from the spot.
Twenty three people, including four policemen and seven Sikh militants were killed on August 27. Police said four men fighting for an independent Sikh state, Khalistan shot dead Kartar Singh in Khamano Kalan village in Ludhiana district, A neighbor showing exemplary courage shot dead an assailant identified as hazara Singh.
Also shot dead was Jaswant Singh in Akal Garh village in Amritsar district and Sarabjit Singh in Dugar village in Gurdaspur district.
Three policemen and militant Paramjit Singh Pamma were killed in an ambush.
Four constables were injured and two gunmen, one identified as Baldey Singh escaped.
Militants shot dead a state police constable, Santokh Singh in Teju Chack village in Batala district,
They also gunned down Swaran Kaur in Chabba village in Amritsar district.
Two men were killed in a shootout with security forces outside Panjwar village in the district. Nineteen people, including a journalist and six militants were killed in Punjab and Haryana on Aug 28,
Five militants including two Lt Generals of the newly formed Blue Star Commando Force, a militant outfit of teenagers, were arrested by security forces. Fourteen other members arrested were let off after a warning, police said.
An activist of the Communist Party of India, Mohinder Singh, was gunned down by four men in this house in Sri Hargobind Pur of Batala police district.
A militant was killed in an encounter when a police party raided a farm house on a tip off in Ferozepur Tuesday. Two wireless sets were seized from the spot.
Harbans Singh was shot in Batala police district Monday. Three armed men gunned down one Satnam Singh of village Bulara in Majitha police district area.
Balwinder Singh, was gunned down in Harsha Chinna village and Amrik Singh in Sudhar village in Amnitsar district.
Militants gunned down executive engineer (technical) of Punjab state electricity board, Mohinder Singh, and his wife in Ludhiana Monday night, police said.
Sant Tarlochan Singh of Dera Sant pura in Yamuna agar district, Haryana, was shot dead by two men.
Two militants were killed in an encounter in Cheretta industrial area of Amritsar district last night. One of them was identified as Gurdip Singh Alias Kala of the Babbar Khalsa. Two others however, escaped.
A journalist Nanak Chand Nagpal was shot in Sangrur district near his house.
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