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Jammu: Seven people including two ultras were killed and two injured in separate incidents in Jammu division, where security forces also busted a militant hideout since May 30 evening, official sources said.

Unidentified militants killed one Harbans Singh and his brother Mohinder Singh at Khwas village in Rajouri on May 31 morning, the sources said, adding ultras also injured one ex-serviceman and a civilian in the same village.

Security forces shot dead two unidentified ultras in an encounter in Mufra forest area in Reasi tehsil of Udhampur district on May 30 evening, the sources said.

Two AK rifles were recovered from the slain militants who were in combat dresses, they said, adding their identity was being ascertained.

Reports from Rajouri district said two militants in Army uniform barged into the house of one Sain Khan at Kandi Mohra on May 30 night and took him and his father Baka Khan outside. They then opened fire on the father-son duo with automatic weapons, killing both on the spot, they said.

In another incident, militants abducted one Saber Hussain from his house and took him to a hilltop area in Darhal tehsil of Rajouri on May 30. The ultras beat him severely and left him there. Hussain succumbed to injuries after reaching his house.

In separate incident in Surankote area of Poonch district, security forces busted a militant hideout on May 30 and recovered electronic gadgets from there, the sources said.

PTI