He also said Indian forces were attacking Pakistani villages near the border and killing civilians and Pakistani firing was retaliation. Two AK-47 rifles along with some magazines, grenade and ammunition were recovered from the terrorists and a FIR has been registered at Chenani Police Station.Vikram said: “We got together, jumped on him and wrestled him to the ground”.
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Local media reports said the militant had been overpowered by two civilians he had taken hostage, and then handed over to police. “He has identified himself as Usman from Faislabad in Pakistan”.
Two Indian border guards were killed and 13 others wounded in the attack that took place in the morning at Chenani area of Udhumpur district, about 205 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Pakistan says it only gives moral and diplomatic support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Naved is said to be the first Pakistani militant captured alive on Indian-held territory since the 2008 attack on Mumbai, which left 257 dead.
AS Dulat, former head of India’s external spy agency, said: “Taking a man alive is a significant breakthrough”.
“Either settle the Kashmir dispute or attack Pakistan because Pakistan is troublesome and creating problems for you”, he said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday attacked Pakistan for seeking evidence against any Pakistani involved in terrorist activity on Indian soil, saying that the country’s establishment doesn’t want the legal system to function to ensure that such people are brought to books. The gunman was later executed.
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It the meeting, the executive members of Hurriyat discussed the ongoing political situation with special emphasis on the proposed meeting between National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan besides discussing in detail the tension on borders.
