News Topic:Machil

Srinagar Police claimed to have solved a blind murder case within six hours of the recovery of an unidentified body, arresting a mother-son duo allegedly involved in the crime.

Security forces have busted a militant hideout in the frontier district of Kupwara in North Kashmir and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition, officials said.

A soldier and an intruder were killed, while four other soldiers were injured in a Pakistani Border Action Team attack in the Macchil sector along the Line of Control.

Two militants were killed as security forces claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid in Machil sector of Kupwara district on Wednesday.

Four militants were killed after police and army foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Machil village in Kupwara on Friday.

Braving incessant rainfall, poor visibility and significant temperature drop, Army on Tuesday said that two infiltrators were killed in a joint operation.

Three soldiers including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) died in Machil area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district when they slipped and fell into a deep gorge.

Security forces gunned down two militants near the LoC in Tekri Nar area of Machil in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Sunday, J&K Police said here.