Srinagar: A Jaish-e-Mohammed militant was among two persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir, where security forces busted two militant hideouts and recovered 35 kgs of explosives, a police spokesman said in Srinagar today (Oct 8, 2004).

Militants also made an abortive attempt to blow up a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) bunker at Gojwara in downtown Srinagar this afternoon by hurling a grenade on it, the spokesman said.

The device missed the target and exploded on the road injuring a pedestrian.

The spokesman said a JEM militant was killed in an encounter with security forces at Karam Kantha in Udhampur district last evening. One AK rifle, its four magazines, 91 rounds and a wireless set and a binocular were recovered from the slain militant. He said a 14-year-old boy was killed in a firing incident at Bonikot in Surankote area of Poonch district last evening (Oct 7, 2004).

In a separate incident, two ultras of JEM outfit were arrested by security forces in Kupwara district today, he said adding one AK rifle, its two magazines, 90 rounds, a wireless set and two UBGL rounds were recovered from them.

He said security forces recovered 35 kgs of explosive, two hand grenades, an AK magazines and 3 rounds from a militant hideout from a remote area of Kailwali Gali and Dadmari-Kralpora in frontier district of Kupwara.