;. " & 9 $ & 9 9 ')*+',-. 1<37= 4:014<075=/3<> 8<75 035375<40 ! " # ""#$!#% %#%#% 505: 5=680<1415?50 @)A 4</BABAC457<0 #&#%%# 7 1 %&'DD ''( (* E5 0 $ 5 " $ /0$ "#12013-4!-2 "# # -5!!4 shifted her to some other safe appeals to release the boy and ten statement said, “From the location. As terrorists waited his uncle but they failed to con- incriminating material recov- n a major crackdown on inside the house and insisted on vince the terrorists.” ered at the site of encounter it Iforeign terrorists operating in bringing her back security Later members of the is understood that the two Kashmir Valley, joint teams of forces, conducting CASO oper- Auqaf committee were also killed terrorists were Pakistani security forces neutralised at ations in the area were tipped roped in and appeals were nationals identified as Ali and least eight terrorists in four sep- off about their presence in the made from local religious places Hubaib. As per police records, arate operations in the last 24 area. SSP Bandipora Rahul to release the hostages. Malik both were affiliated with pro- hours while one minor boy, Malik also confirmed that two said for nine long hours we scribed terror outfit LeT,” the held hostage by the terrorists, terrorists were moving in the waited patiently but in vain. In statement said. Meanwhile, two killed by them during the fierce area in search of a girl when the the evening, firefight started more terrorists were killed in 678 firefight in Hajin area of operations started on ground from both the sides as terrorists an encounter in Shopian dis- Bandipora on Friday. zero. After the operation was opened fire when commandos trict’s Ratnipora area on Friday. n a significant break- Two terrorists each were called off, Malik told reporters, of the special operations group Another operation was Ithrough, a 27-year-old eliminated in Bandipora, “We were receiving regular stormed the building. conducted in Sopore’s Warpora Jaish-e-Mohammed terror- Baramulla and Shopian inputs about the presence of Uncle of the minor boy was area where security forces killed ist Sajjad Ahmed Khan, a encounters while one terrorist foreign terrorists in the area. He rescued during the heavy another terrorist after a gun- close aide of Pulwama attack was eliminated in Sopore gun said three CASOs were exchange of fire but one of the fight on Friday. As a precau- mastermind Mudasir, was battle. The operation in the launched and in the third oper- terrorists held on to the minor tionary measure, internet ser- arrested by the sleuths of the Hajin area lasted almost 24 ation chance encounter with the boy and used him as ‘human vices were snapped in Shopian Delhi Police Special Cell near hours and was executed care- terrorists took place in dense- shield’. According to police, and Sopore while in other Red Fort in the national fully by the security forces to ly populated area of Hajin.” the minor boy was killed by ter- parts of south Kashmir, it has Capital. contain any collateral damage. He said, “In the first two rorists when security forces been reduced to 2G. All edu- Sajjad was remanded to The dead bodies of the terror- hours of the operation at least barged inside the house to cational institutions also NIA custody till March 29 by ists and the minor boy were six civilians, who were held eliminate them. remained closed in Sopore. a city court. recovered from the debris of hostage by the foreign terror- Police spokesman in a writ- Continued on Page 4 the house, razed to the ground ists were rescued from inside in final assault. ists in the area. spokesman, prima facie a group sustained injuries. the house.” After some time, we The operation in the thick- According to ground was believed to be responsible Unconfirmed reports sug- came to know about the pres- ly populated area started reports, the holed up foreign for the killing of lady police offi- gested terrorists visited the ence of two more hostages, around 9.00 am on Thursday terrorists had held at least eight cial Khusboo Jan earlier this house in Hajin area of including a minor boy inside while cordon and search oper- family members hostage inside week in Shopian. One police Bandipora in search of a girl of the house. ations (CASO) were going to the house and were adamant on official identified as Tariq their liking. Reports claimed Malik said, “We roped in track down the presence of releasing them. In Shopian Ahmad was injured in stone after the family members came close family members of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror- encounter, according to police pelting while three others also to know about their motive they hostages who made passionate 678 he Central Governmnet Ton Friday banned Yasin which Pakistan celebrates to Malik-led Jammu Kashmir mark the Lahore Resolution Liberation Front (JKLF) for on March 23 each year. “promoting” secession in the “India has decided not to militancy-hit State. send any representative to 6789741: /6 Besides these, three veter- The JKLF was banned 678 attend the Pakistan National ans, the BJP also dropped two under various provisions of Day celebrations today (Friday). $ 678 he BJP, which released more MPs from UP — Ram the Unlawful Activities he Indian Government on This decision was taken after Tnames of 184 candidates for Shanker Katheria, former (Prevention) Act (UAPA) after TFriday boycotted a function Pakistan High Commission he nomination of BJP pres- 20 States, going to poll in the Minister of State for HRD, in the investigating agencies on the eve of the Pakistan decided to invite representatives Tident Amit Shah for the first phase of elections on April Agra where he has been found that Malik and its out- National Day to register its of the Hurriyat Conference to prestigious Gandhinagar seat, 11, ‘dropped’ six sitting MPs replaced by SPS Baghel, a BJP fit is “in close touch with mil- protest on an invitation extend- the reception,” External Affairs represented by party’s patriarch from Uttar Pradesh, including Minister in the UP itant outfits in Pakistan” and ed to the Kashmiri separatist Ministry spokesperson Raveesh LK Advani five times since former Union Minister Kalraj Government), and Union is supporting extremism and leaders for the function, the Kumar said. 1998, reflects a final genera- Mishra (Deoria), 78 and ex- Minster of State Krishna Raj in militancy in Jammu and External Affairs Ministry said. Prime Minister Narendra tional shift of the party — from Uttarakhand Chief Ministers Shahjahanpur where Arun Kashmir and elsewhere. It also said no Indian rep- Modi on Friday sent a message the Vajpayee-Advani era to the Bhagat Singh Koshiyari Sagar replaced her. After the Pulwama terror resentative will attend simi- to his Pakistani counterpart Modi-Shah regime now. (Nainital) 77, and BC The BJP has announced attack, the Centre has come lar events in Islamabad. Imran Khan, greeting people of The BJP fielding Shah in Khanduri, (Pauri Garhwal), nominees for 28 seats of the down hard on many Hurriyat Earlier, Union Minister used the neighbouring country on place of 92-year-old Advani is % !" - . 84, although they apparently total 80 Lok Sabha seats from leaders and withdrawn the to attend the event at the eve of its National Day, offi- seen both as the further tight- - *# !" / () volunteered not to contest. UP and of the six MPs security given to them. Pakistan High Commission cial sources said. ening of control over the party Khanduri’s son, Manish dropped so far in the State four Detailed report on P7 to mark its National Day Continued on Page 4 by the Modi-Shah duo as also Modi’s name has been not announce a candidate for Khanduri, has incidentally belonged to the reserved seats for ensuring a solid showing in announced by BJP’s Central the Puri seat in Odisha with joined the Congress and is suggesting the BJP’s attempts to the home State of the Prime Election Committee from indication that it may be the expected to contest from the fine tune its political strategy Minister who would yet again Varanasi even as conjectures are Prime Minister’s second seat Pauri Garhwal seat from where vis-a-vis the Samajwadi Party- contest from Varanasi in Uttar on his contesting from a second which would also go to the BJP has nominated its State Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Pradesh in the upcoming Lok seat as he did in 2014 from Assembly polls simultaneously. Uttarakhand president Tirath Lok Dal alliance that seeks to Sabha polls. Vadodara, Gujarat. The BJP did Continued on Page 4 Singh Rawat. Continued on Page 4 * ! P +"' # L M $"# ! " 741: /6 6789.5 5 $ $ % & he Bahujan Samaj Party he announcement of the T(BSP) on Friday announced Tmuch-awaited Opposition its first list of 11 candidates for ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar on Uttar Pradesh that includes Friday indicates the resurrec- the name of former JD(S) tion of RJD supremo Lalu $ leader Danish Ali from Prasad’s era when he started the '() $ *&+, Amroha. Ali, who was gener- Muslim Yadav (M-Y) caste - % $ al secretary of Janata Dal and religion consolidation. ./ & (Secular), had quit the party The very fact of fielding an and joined the Mayawati-led alliance partner, Viskasheel ! party last week. Insaan Party (VIP) from +"' " P + - P ! 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