08-12-2006, 02:22 AM
<b>J-K: Three members of a family killed </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jammu, Aug. 11 (PTI): Three members of a Hindu family,including two children, were shot dead by militants in Udhampur district today.
A group of suspected LeT militants entered into the house of one Ram Singh in Ara village of Gool tehsil in the small hours today and enquired about him, official sources said.
Singh, who had been receiving threats from militants, had taken shelter for the night in a nearby Special Task Force camp of J-K Police and only his wife and two children were present in the isolated house, on the outskirts of the village and surrounded by hillocks.
<b>The militants severely beat up Singh's wife and the two children before shooting them dead. All the three died on the spot. </b>The ultras later escaped, they said.
After hearing gun shots, jawans from the STF camp rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.
The deceased were Singh's 35-year-old wife Chitra Devi, son Neelam (6) and daughter Meena (4). <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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A group of suspected LeT militants entered into the house of one Ram Singh in Ara village of Gool tehsil in the small hours today and enquired about him, official sources said.
Singh, who had been receiving threats from militants, had taken shelter for the night in a nearby Special Task Force camp of J-K Police and only his wife and two children were present in the isolated house, on the outskirts of the village and surrounded by hillocks.
<b>The militants severely beat up Singh's wife and the two children before shooting them dead. All the three died on the spot. </b>The ultras later escaped, they said.
After hearing gun shots, jawans from the STF camp rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.
The deceased were Singh's 35-year-old wife Chitra Devi, son Neelam (6) and daughter Meena (4). <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Cowards