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Indian Soldier and Two Militants Killed in Kashmir Gun Battle
Indian Soldier and Two Militants Killed in Kashmir Gun Battle
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An Indian army personnel and two militants were killed in a gun battle that broke out in Jammu and Kashmir region’s Pulwama district on Tuesday.
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Local police have reported that three men have died in a Kashmir gun battle.The fight comes a day after Kashmiri Hindu Sanjay Sharma from the region’s Pandit community was killed by suspected militants in the same district.Jammu and Kashmir Police alleged that the militants killed in Tuesday’s battle were responsible for the killing of Sharma on Sunday.Senior police officials told media in Srinagar that one of the slain militants had been identified as Aqib Mushtaq Bhat, a resident of the troubled Pulwama region.Bhat was purportedly associated with the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant outfit. Police claimed that he had lately joined The Resistance Front (TRF), a militant grouping that Indian security services claim is an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT).While HM and LeT have been banned in India for over two decades, Delhi recently outlawed the TRF which was formed around the revocation of Kashmir's semi-autonomous status in August 2019.The outfit has since carried out attacks on Indian security forces and civilians it accuses of either working for or being close to the Indian government. Likewise, non-local residents and minority communities have also been targeted, with Sharma being the latest victim.Sharma, who was a bank security guard, is also the tenth Kashmiri pandit to be killed since 2020 according to Indian government data.
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Indian Soldier and Two Militants Killed in Kashmir Gun Battle
The battle broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday. Another soldier was reportedly injured and was taken to an army base for treatment.
Local police have reported that three men have died in a Kashmir gun battle.
The fight comes a day after Kashmiri Hindu Sanjay Sharma from the region’s Pandit community was
killed by suspected militants in the same district.
Jammu and Kashmir Police alleged that the militants killed in Tuesday’s battle were responsible for the killing of Sharma on Sunday.
Senior police officials told media in Srinagar that one of the slain militants had been identified as Aqib Mushtaq Bhat, a resident of the troubled Pulwama region.
Bhat was purportedly associated with the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant outfit. Police claimed that he had lately joined The Resistance Front (TRF), a militant grouping that Indian security services claim is an offshoot of the Pakistan-based Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT).
While HM and LeT have been banned in India for over two decades, Delhi recently outlawed the TRF which was formed around the revocation of Kashmir's semi-autonomous status in August 2019.
The outfit has since carried out
attacks on Indian security forces and civilians it accuses of either working for or being close to the Indian government. Likewise, non-local residents and minority communities have also been targeted, with Sharma being the latest victim.
Sharma, who was a bank security guard, is also the tenth Kashmiri pandit to be killed since 2020 according to Indian government data.
