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Kashmir :Pakistan violates ceasefire, militant killed in encounter, Rajnath arrives to hold talks with stakeholders

| @indiablooms | Sep 09, 2017, at 08:06 pm
Srinagar, Sep 9 (IBNS) : Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) twice in Poonch sector as a militant was killed in a fierce battle with security forces in Baramulla district on the day Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Srinagar on a three-day visit to assess the volatile situation in the state.

According to reports, around 9.30 am on Saturday, Pakistan Army resorted to heavy firing and shelling targeting Indian defence positions  in Krishna Ghati sector.

The second incident of unprovoked firing was reported from Shahpur sector of Poonch.

The Indian Army retaliated and a heavy exchange of  fire was going on.

Simultaneously, a fierce encounter is going on  between  security forces and  militants in Baramulla's Sopore in which an ultra was shot dead.

Media reports said the security forces started an encounter after suspecting the presence of militants in a particular area.

Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh met Jammu and Kashmir  Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar,  shortly after his arrival here on a three-day visit, reports said.

He will be in Kashmir from September nine to eleven.

According to reports, he will meet all the stakeholders to  discuss the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir, dogged by insurgency and frequent crowd upsurges.

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