Four security personnel killed in militant attacks

Four security personnel killed in militant attacks
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

SRINAGAR, FEB 19: Four security personnel were killed and eight injured when militants attacked an Indo-Tibetan Border Police camp and ambushed a police vehicle in the Kashmir Valley today, an official spokesman here said.

Militants ambushed a Kupwara-bound police gypsy carrying two detenues on police remand at Amargarh in Sopore area of Baramulla district, killing three cops and wounding two others including a detenue, Superintendent of Police in Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom Manhas, told PTI.

Head constable Ghulam Rasool died on-the-spot and five others, including a detenue, were seriously injured in the ambush, Manhas said, adding that the injured were rushed to hospital where two policemen -- special police officer Manzoor Ahmad and constable Mohammad Asif of Indian Reserve Police -- succumbed to injuries.

The condition of the detenue Mohammad Ramzan Mochi, who received head injuries, was stated to be "serious'', he said, adding that the other detenue Bashir Ahmad, who escaped unhurt in the attack, was taken to Handwara police station by another police party which rushed to the scene from Sopore.

One ITBP constable Rati Ram was killed and five others injured when militants fired four rifle grenades at their camp in Bemina here, official sources said.

The ITBP personnel fired back and later cordoned off the area to search for the militants.

The injured havaldar Ranjeet Singh, Surat Singh, Jagdesh, Ashok Kumar and R P Jagdeep have been hospitalised.

Elsewhere in the Kashmir Valley, militants shot dead a policeman attached to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Pattan area of Baramulla district and a surrendered militant working with the Forest Department in Turkapora-Dragmullah in Kupwara district.

Police apprehended a Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Zahoor Ahmad Bhat and seized five Chinese grenades and some incriminating documents from his house at Saderkote in Baramulla district.