Jammu, May 24: Eight persons, including two security personnel, were killed and another kidnapped in separate incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir where security forces busted seven hideouts and apprehended three foreigners since yesterday, official sources said here today. Ultras kidnapped one Abdul Aziz along with Nazir Ahmed from Trigam village of Banihal tehsil in Doda district yesterday, the sources said adding the militants later hanged Aziz to death.
Aziz's body was found hanging from a tree at Chirwar village in Banihal tehsil. However, the fate of Nazir Ahmed is not yet known, they said.
Militants barged into the house of one Talabuddin in Mohra-Sanjot area of Rajouri district last night and killed him and his son Zakir Hussain on the pretext of being informers of security forces, the sources said.
They said militants attributed the killing of their two associates in the same area by Rashtriya Rifle Troops on April 30 to information allegedly given by the duo.
In another incident, two militants entered the house of Fayaz Hussain in Karyot village of Thanamandi area of Rajouri district around 2100 hours yesterday and killed him.
Ultras kidnapped constable Tanveer Hussain from Dudasan Bala village in Surankote Tahsil and later killed him. The body of the constable was recovered this morning, they said.
Police also recovered Sepoy Jagjit Singh's body in Bhadra Talab in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district last evening, they said adding he may have been killed by the ultras.
Bureau Report