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Fayaz Bukhari
Srinagar, Oct 11: At least one militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed as two of them jumped out of window from the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) building this evening as Army pounded rocket at the building for second consecutive day today.
Sources said that two militants jumped out of the building at around 5 p.m today and one of them died on the spot and his body has been seen by the Army and police lying outside while other fell in bushes and it is not clear whether he is dead or alive. One source said that Army saw him rushing towards the building.
A senior officer said that prior to the jumping out of window, the two militants didn’t fire a single shot for 24 hours. He said that the security forces were thinking that the militants are dead but all of a sudden they jumped out of the window.
The operation was put on hold this evening and not a single gunshot was heard from militant side after the two militants jumped out of window. Security forces are planning to carry out search operation tomorrow morning.
The Army and police have tightened the cordon around the EDI complex so that the militants, if any one of them is alive, may not escape during the night.
Earlier, throughout the last night and in the day, Army fired rockets on the EDI building causing deafening explosions. These explosions were even heard in Srinagar.
Sources said that Abu Maaz and Abdullah, the two LeT militants were in the EDI complex and they came from Pulwama for carrying out the Fidayeen attack. They along with five others had infiltrated last year and come to Pulwama for carrying out an attack.
Three of their associates were killed in February this year when they attacked a CRPF convoy killing two jawans and then entered the EDI where they killed three Special Force personnel including two officers and one employee was also killed in the gun battle that lasted for over 48 hours. Their another associate, Abu Ukasha, was killed in Wandkhpora in March this year.
It may be mentioned here that at least 3 militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were holed up in JKEDI complex at Pampore in the outskirts of Srinagar since yesterday morning.
Sources said that these militants came through river Jhelum in a boat. The security agencies, however, were on high alert after they received inputs for last few days that a group of 4-5 militants are making movements in a white colour Alto Car in South Kashmir to carry out a Fidayeen attack.
In the meantime, at least nine persons, including two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, were injured in a grenade attack on a CRPF patrol party in South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Militants hurled a grenade at the CRPF personnel in Shopian town at around 11:40 a.m resulting in injuries to seven civilians and two security personnel.
The injured have been taken to Shopian district hospital even as security forces have launched a search operation to track down the militants.
A police spokesman said that some unknown militants hurled a grenade on police and security forces deployed at Bona Bazar area of Shopian, today.
Two security personnel and some civilians were injured in this grenade blast. The injured were shifted to hospital for treatment where their condition is stated to be stable.
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