The Chief Minister laid a wreath on the casket containing the body of Jagbir Singh at a ceremony that was held at the police headquarters ground here.
The body of another policeman was spotted on Friday by a drone near the spot of yesterday’s fierce gunfight in the far-flung forest area of the Kathua district, taking the death toll of the police personnel to four.
Three policemen and two Pakistani terrorists were killed in a gunfight in J&K’s Kathua district on Thursday when a fresh encounter broke out in the area
Given the number of terrorists seen at Sanyal village on Sunday and the fact that two terrorists are still believed to be hiding in Ghati Heights of Safiyan Jakhole village, it appears that this is the same group, which had escaped from the Sanyal village and was now trying to cross over to Billawar in Kathua district through Ghati Heights.
At least two Pakistani terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in J&K’s Kathua district on Thursday when a fresh encounter broke out in the area.
Former Chief Minister (National Conference) Omar Abdullah, BJP chief Ravinder Raina, J-K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra and Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari are the key candidates among 239 in the fray.
The second phase is scheduled for September 25, followed by the third phase on October 1. The counting of votes will be carried out on October 8.
The Congress chief alleged that PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were generating “jumlas” to mislead the people and get votes.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday said that the first phase of polling for Jammu and Kashmir assembly recorded 61.38 per cent voting on 18 September.
Hitting out at the BJP leadership, Mukesh Agnihotri, Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, on Friday said that Pakistan sponsored terrorism has revived in the peaceful Jammu region and the BJP government has failed to control it.
