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Woman SPO among four killed in Kashmir

A woman special police officer and three others were killed while a security man was injured in militancy-related incidents in the Kashmir valley since Tuesday evening.

An official spokesman said militants shot and killed SPO Saleema at Vilgam in the frontier district of Kupwara on Tuesday night.

Militants detonated a powerful improvised explosive device at a village in the same district early on Wednesday morning, but no damage was done.

A hand-grenade was lobbed at security forces at Kunzar on the Srinagar-Gulmarg road on Wednesday, but it missed the target and exploded by the wayside without causing any damage.

A report from Baramulla said the bodies of two former militants, Habibullah and Ghulam Rasool, were recovered at Mirgund in north Kashmir on Wednesday morning. The identity of those who had killed them had not yet been ascertained, the report added.

Official sources said militants shot dead a released militant, Farooq Ahmad Bhat, at Nowgam bypass on Tuesday night.

Militants also shot at and wounded a security force jawan at Narbal on Tuesday evening, sources added.

Meanwhile, a general strike was observed in Bhadarwah and Doda areas of Jammu to protest against alleged administrative inaction when the Jama Masjid in Kishtwar town caught fire on Monday.

Kishtwar itself remained under curfew on Wednesday. There was no improvement in the situation and tension prevailed. But no untoward incident was reported from any of these areas, police said.

According to sources, there is strong resentment among the local people who believe that timely action could have saved the mosque.

On Tuesday, the administration had to seek the army's help to control the situation. No relaxation in curfew was allowed even on Wednesday.

The locals maintained that despite frantic telephone calls to the fire brigade, no one turned up in time. Neither did some Central Reserve police Force personnel posted there take the initiative to extinguish the fire. The fire tenders reached the spot after all the damage had been done.

UNI

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