Friday, July 1 2005 19:34 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Srinagar: Six persons, including a teenager, two Hizbul Mujahideen militants and a Village Defence Committee member, were killed and three CRPF personnel injured in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in Srinagar today (July 1, 2005).

A 15-year-old boy, Mohammad Hamir, was killed on the spot in an IED explosion near the Poonch-Mendhar road in Poonch district, the sources said.

The explosion took place when the boy was planting the improvised device allegedly given by militants, the sources said adding security convoys that pass through the area were the apparent target of the militants.

The sources said three CRPF jawans were injured when ultras targetted their vehicle with an IED, planted on the main road at Wanpoh near an under construction railway bridge along Qazigund-Baramulla track, in Anantnag district.

The blast took place early today when the CRPF personnel were patrolling the area, 60 kms from here ripping apart a Gypsy and wounding three of its occupants.

The injured jawans were rushed to a hospital from where one of them was discharged after first aid, the sources said.

Pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit claimed responsibility for the IED attack on the CRPF vehicle.

In another incident, the militants detonated an IED on a roadside tin-shed at Tapper-Pattan, 27 kms from here on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road, this afternoon.

However, no one was injured in the explosion, which was targetted on a security convoy, which crossed the highway minutes after the incident, the sources said.

The sources said a Pakistani militant belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen was killed in an encounter with security forces at Chandhar in Pulwama district today.

An AK rifle, two hand grenades and some ammunitions were recovered from him.

In another encounter, the sources said, one more Hizbul Mujahideen militant, Farooq Ahmad, was killed at Kellar- Melhoti in Doda district yesterday.

However, his accomplices managed to escape during the encounter, the sources said adding one AK rifle and three magazines were recovered from the killed militant.

They said police recovered body of a VDC member hanging from a tree near his house in Thakrie area of Kishtwar tehsil in Doda district yesterday. The victim has been identified as Prem Nath.

Body of one Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat, a State road transport corporation employee, was recovered by police from Bagh-e- Mehtab locality on the outskirts of the city today, the sources said.

Hailing from Badshah Nagar locality, Bhat was reportedly abducted by militants from his house last night and later killed for unknown reasons, they said.

Sources said unidentified militants also shot dead one Ghulam Mohammad Lone near his house at Parim-Akhal in Kangan area, 40 kms from here on Srinagar-Leh national highway.

Lone, a labour by profession, was returning to his home after the day's work yesterday at Baltal, the base camp for devotees visiting holy cave shrine of Amarnath.

Meanwhile, security forces arrested a Pakistani national Zahoor Ahmad of Sialkote at Karotna border out post in Suchetgarh sector of Jammu district yesterday.