Militants kill two policemen in Rajouri sector of J-K.Byline: ANIRajouri, Sep 3 (ANI): Two police personnel, a constable and a Special Police Officer (SPO SPO System(s) Program Office SPO System(s) Project Office Spo Schizosaccharomyces Pombe SPO Srpski Pokret Obnove ), were killed in an encounter between the police and the militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district Rajouri is a District in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Since it borders Pakistan, it is the site of infiltration and militant activity. For this reason, there is a large Indian Border Security Force deployment in the district. on Wednesday night. Acting on a tip off, a team of security officers had launched a massive manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. on Wednesday night to apprehend militants, believed to be three in number, who had taken shelter in maize crops of Tota Morha-Dorimal village in Thanna Mandi. Two of the police officials lost their lives during a brief encounter. "When we established contact with the militants, the firing started in which two of our soldiers got killed. We carried our anti-militant search operation the entire night," said Shafkat Wattali, Superintendent of Police of Rajouri. The deceased have been identified as constable Aijaz Ahmed and SPO Khan Mohammad Khan Mohammad (born January 1, 1928) was a member of Pakistan's first Test team that played against India in 1952. Born in Lahore, Punjab, he played in 13 Tests as an opening bowler who shared the new ball with Fazal Mahmood. . (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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