By Arun Sharma
Three people were apprehended by the Jammu and Kashmir Police after they allegedly did not inform authorities that militants, who police said were behind back-to-back attacks on security personnel in Doda district, took food from them at gunpoint.
Sources said the three included a 17-year-old. A senior police officer said they were from Darman village in Jhai area of Doda’s Bhaderwah tehsil.
Militants had attacked a joint police-Army checkpoint in the Chattergala area of Bhaderwah, adjoining Kathua district, last Tuesday night. Five Army personnel and a police officer were injured in the attack.
The next day, when police and security forces were carrying out searches, the militants attacked again, this time at Kota Top in Bhalessa area of Gandoh tehsil. One police officer was injured.
Four militants are believed to have been behind the two attacks, which they carried out purportedly after spending a few days in the Jhai area.
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