SRINAGAR: Fifteen people including 13 militants were killed and 13 others seven of them border security force (BSF) personnel sustained bullet injuries in continued violence in Kashmir valley since Sunday night while a bandh paralyzed normal life in the capital city of Srinagar and elsewhere in the valley for the seventh successive day on Monday.
Twenty-eight militants were nabbed since Sunday night. Militants abducted six constables guarding a vital communication link in south Kashmir after setting it on fire on Saturday night official sources told PTI Monday.
Meanwhile there is no information about the fate of former state tourism minister Khemlata Wakhloo and six others who are still in militant custody.
an activist of the outlawed Hizbul Mujahideen was killed ina fierce encounter with BSF at Palapora in downtown Srinagar Monday. Eight BSF personnel were injured in the encounter of which one succumbed to his injuries an official spokesman told reporters Monday evening.
He said the wife of a retired assistant subinspector of police of Goripora was killed when she was caught in the crossfire.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 20, 1991
