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26/11, AGAin?

How army is countering Pak

attempt to hit Kashmir with terror

Jaish group targeting the upcoming local elections in the Union Territory

Our Bureau
New Delhi

akistan initiated a cease-
fire violation along the
PLine of Control (LoC) in
Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara
district on Monday. Pakistan vi-
olated the ceasefire at Tangdhar
Sector by firing mortars and
other weapons in the evening.
Then on Thursday, an encoun-
ter between terrorists and secu-
rity forces broke out in the ear-
ly hours in the Nagrota area of
Jammu district.

Four terrorists were neu-
tralised by the security

forces, while one Police

constable sustained inju- Arms and ammunition recovered from the militants after the encounter at Nagrota, in Jammu on thursday. (ANi)

ries during the operation.
According to sources, the ment sources said. Council (DDC) elections in the am on Thursday during a rou-

It was found that the terror- Union Territory.
four terrorists are like- ists were planning a “major at- The DDC elections will be tine check.
“During the search, CRPF
ly from the United na- tack” on the anniversary of the conducted in Jammu and Kash- soldiers and police were fired

tions-designated terror 26/11 terror attack, they add- mir in eight phases between No- upon using heavy ammunition,
ed. Mumbai had come under vember 28 and December 19, and grenades were also lobbed.
group Jaish-e-Mohammed attack on November 26, 2008, and the counting of votes will More forces were called in and
(JeM). when 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) take place on December 22. the encounter went on for 3
terrorists targeted the city in a The IG, Jammu Zone also hours,” the IG said.
series of coordinated shootings informed that the kind of sei- Modi on Friday lauded the
Prime Minister Narendra and bombings that injured over zure from the encounter site is security forces’ role in neutral-
Modi held a review meeting 300 and claimed the lives of 166 “unprecedented”. “It’s possible ising four terrorists of Pakistan-
with Union Home Minister people in India’s financial capi- that they were planning a big at- based terror group Jaish-e-Mo-
Amit Shah, National Security tal. tack. This kind of seizure is un- hammed (JeM) in Nagrota.
Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, For- Mukesh Singh, Inspector precedented. It is possible that “Neutralising of 4 terrorists be-
eign Secretary Harsh Vardhan General of Police, Jammu Zone they were targeting the DDC longing to Pakistan-based ter-
Shringla and top intelligence had said that it was possible election. However, we are in- rorist organisation Jaish-e-Mo-
establishment over the Nagrota terrorists were planning a “big vestigating,” Singh said. hammed and the presence of
encounter in which four terror- attack” and targeting the up- The encounter broke out af- large cache of weapons and
ists were neutralised, govern- coming District Development ter a truck was intercepted at 5 Continued at next page... >>

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