On Monday,
after the martyrdom of two BSF soldiers in the attack on the LoC in LoC in
Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, militants attacked a cash van in Kulgam
in the evening. Five policemen and two bank employees died in this attack.
According to
media reports, the terrorists targeted the cash van of Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
After the attack, the terrorists looted Rs 50 lakh cash from the cash van. It is said
that five SLR rifles of the policemen along with terror cash were also robbed.
It is
today's second major incident since the violation of Pakistan's ceasefire in
the state.
Struggles in college students and
security forces in Kashmir
In a college
in Pulwama, south Kashmir, today there was a clash with the jawans of the
students who were passing the march against the alleged strictness of the
security forces. A police official said that against the action of the security
forces on April 15 students of Boys Higher Secondary School and Pulwama Degree College
raised a large number of joint marches.
According to
the official, when the march reached near Pulwama police station, some students
started stone pelting on security personnel. The soldiers left tear gas shells
to disperse the students.
There have been
unconfirmed reports that some students were staging posters of Islamist State
Flags and Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on the college building,
which was killed in an encounter with security forces in July last year.
Meanwhile,
shops and other business establishments were closed in the area in view of
conflict.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh's meeting
on Kashmir situation
Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh today presided over a high-level meeting with the CRPF
jawans in Chhattisgarh after the horrific attacks of Maoists and discussions on
Jammu and Kashmir issue.
Home
Secretary Rajiv Maharishi, Head of Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain, Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW) chief Anil Dhasmin and CRPF chief Rajeev Ray Bhatnagar
attended the high-level meeting.
Known
sources said that the meeting discussed the latest crisis in Jammu and Kashmir,
where the problem of law and order has arisen due to the increase in the
incidents of stone pelting on students by the students.
---Sonal