PULWAMA

A minor boy died on Monday after falling down from house in Drabgam area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama District. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a boy identified as Basit Riyaz son of Riyaz Ahmed Teli of Drabgam village of Pulwama fell down from the residential house, after which he was rushed to the nearby hospital. The Doctors at the hospital declared him brought dead on arrival, Meanwhile police took cognizance of this incident.

The body of a missing driver from South Kashmir's Pulwama district was found in river Jhelum at Pampore area on Tuesday, officials said. Officials told that some people while extracting sand from river Jhelum found a body near Patalbagh area of Pampore and accordingly informed police. The man was identified as Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, 37, son of Ghulam Nabi of Monghama village of Pulwama district. As per locals, Rather, who is driver by profession, was missing from last three days. His body was shifted to SDH Pampore for postmortem, officials said, adding that a case has also been registered in this regard while as further investigation is going on—(KNO)

Skinder Gull An encounter has started between militants and Government forces at Gusoo area of Pulwama district of Kashmir  on Tuesday morning. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday morning the RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about Militant presence in the area laid a cordon and search operation in the Gusoo area. The cordon continued for nearly an hour during which the hiding Militants opened fire on the troopers triggering an encounter. During the ongoing heated exchange of gunfire, one Army man has been killed and a Policemen has alsp been injured. The injured Policemen has bern rushed to the nearby hospital. All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed by the Forces. As per initial reports avail...

One more youth from South Kashmir has picked arms and posed with an AK 47 rifle to tell his family that he has joined Militant ranks. Identified as Arshid Ahmed Dar, a resident of Drabgam area in Pulwama, he had gone missing a couple of days back, Sources told The Kashmiriyat, The Family started looking for Arshid everywhere after he went missing. In a Photo that is being circulated on social media, Arshid is seen brandishing weapons and announcing his association with Hizbul Mujahideen (HM). According to this photo Arshid has been active from July 04, 2020. The Inspector General of Police had recently announced that South Kashmir will be soon freed of Militancy and their focus will shit towards the North, however more Missing reports are coming from South Kashmir. South Kas...

Mohammed Mufeez An encounter has started between militants and Government forces at Brental area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District late night on Tuesday. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that on Tuesday night 42 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about Militant presence in the area laid a cordon and search operation in the area. The cordon continued for nearly two to three hours, during which the hiding Militants opened fire on the troopers triggering an encounter. All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed by the Forces. As per initial reports available to The Kashmiriyat two to three militants were trapped in the area, Sources said that a massive exchange of fire is being heard at the site of the encounte...

Mohammed Mufeez Two Militant have been killed in an ongoing encounter that erupted between militants and government forces in Chewa Ullar area of Tral in South kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday evening Officials told The Kashmiriyat that one of the Militants was killed yesterday evening, after which the operation was halted, due to the darkness. He said that two militants have been killed so far in the heated exchange of fire that erupted on Thursday evening. He added that the operation is still on. Earlier another official had said that that a joint team Government Forces including Jammu Kashmir Police, Army’s 42 RR and CRPF's 180 Battalion had launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. During the CASO...

An encounter has started between militants and Government forces at Chiwa Ullar area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama District. A Police official told The Kashmiriyat that on Thursday afternoon 42 RR of Indian Army, CRPF and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about Militant presence in the area laid a cordon and search operation in the area. The cordon continued for nearly two to three hours, during which the hiding Militants opened fire on the troopers triggering an encounter. All the entry and exit points of the area have been sealed by the Forces. As per initial reports available to The Kashmiriyat three militants were trapped in the area, Sources said that a massive exchange of fire is being heard at the site of the encounter. Mobile internet services are like...

At a time when all the family members were put under administrative quarantine, burglars, taking advantage of the situation, looted valuables from a residential house in Pampore area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Sources said that unidentified burglars barged into the house of one Zahoor Ahmad from Khanqah Bagh Pampore and decamped with all the valuable items. Zahoor Ahmad said that his family was put under administrative quarantine after his brother, a chemist by profession was tested positive for Covid-19. He said that they pleaded to the authorities to allow them to be in home quarantine but they refused. “When they refused to put us under home quarantine we requested them to take care of our property.” “Next day one of our relatives visited the house and he found all...

Two Militants and one  CRPF man have been killed in a fierce encounter that started Tuesday morning between Government Forces and Local Militants in Bandzoo area of Pulwama. An official speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that a group of Militants hiding in the area opened fire upon a joint party of Government Forces in the area which resulted in an encounter. Earlier, he said, forces had, based on a credible input about Militant movement in the area, launched a cordon and search operation in the area. The Operation was jointly conducted by 55 Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and Jammu Kashmir Police, he told. During the intermittent firing of almost three hours, one Government Force personnel suffered injuries and two Militants were also killed. The CRPF man was ...

One militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight that broke out between militants and the Government forces in Meej area of Pampore in Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday. An official told that a militant has been killed in the ongoing exchange of fire in the area. Earlier an official said that a joint team of Police, army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them which was retaliated triggering an encounter. As per the sources, two to three militants are believed to be trapped in the area Meanwhile as a precautionary measure, internet services have been snapped in Awantip...