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Army protests Pak firing near LoC
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NewsByte on 21 May, 2008 04:36:17
 
By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, May 21: A senior Army commander on Wednesday held a flag meeting with
his Pakistani counterpart at Roshni post in Mendhar sector of Poonch district in
Jammu and Kashmir to lodge a protest over the recent firing incident from across
the Line of Control and discuss its fallout on the situation in the area. An
Army personnel belonging to 2/8 Gorkha Rifle was killed in the firing incident.
According to officials, under-barrel and rocket-propelled grenades were also
used on the morning of May 19.
Defence sources in Jammu said that the flag meeting was held specially to ease
mounting tensions along the stretch of the LoC as a result of the firing
incident. However, defence spokesperson Lt. Col. S.D. Goswami said that the
Indian side lodged a strong protest with the Pakistanis over the "unprovoked
firing" incident. The Indian side was represented by Colonel Manish Kumar of 2/8
Gorkha Rifles, while Lt. Col. S. Malik represented the Pakistani Rangers
deployed in the region.
Meanwhile, Indian troops smashed a militant hideout set up in the village
Sanjyot in Poonch.
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Militant arrested in Delhi
By JEHANGIR ALI
New Delhi, May 21: The special cell of the Delhi police has arrested a
suspected Harkut-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HuJI) militant from the city on Wednesday
evening. Although the officials were reluctant to confirm the arrest, sources
said that the militant was detained from a railway station in a joint operation
conducted by the Crime Branch and special cell of the Delhi police.
The unidentified militant, whose age is confirmed to be between 30-35 years,
was arrested from Chelmsford road near the railway station on Wednesday at
around 8.30 pm by the sleuths of special cell and the crime branch in a joint
operation. The police sources said that the militant is wanted by the STF in
Uttar Pradesh.