Srinagar, August 27
Militants gunned down a couple in Udhampur district, while a Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in an encounter with the Rashtriya Rifles and another laid down his arms today, official sources said.
Unidentified militants raided Sanabagh-Kobra Dhok in the Mahore area of Udhampur district early today and shot dead 25-year-old Arshid Hussain and his wife Naseema (20), they said.
The couple, hailing from Batoyi village, had moved to Dhok for grazing their cattle, source said, adding that the motive behind the killing was not yet known.
Hizbul Mujahideen militant Tariq Ahmad Dar was killed in an encounter with the troops of the Rashtriya Rifles at Panzinara village of Sumbal in Baramula district of North Kashmir this morning, sources said.
The encounter took place when the troops cordoned the village to carry out searches following a tip-off about the presence of some militants, sources said, adding an AK rifle, four magazines, a wireless set and an Under-Barrel Grenade Launcher were seized from him.
A militant surrendered before the Rashtriya Rifles in the Ganderbal area on the outskirts of Srinagar this morning, sources said.
The militant had recently sneaked into the valley after getting training in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, they added.
— PTI
