SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indian police said Friday it had arrested two militants responsible for carrying out attack on paramilitary troopers in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The attack, according to police on Wednesday evening, killed a paramilitary trooper belonging to India's Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and wounded another in Banihal area of Ramban district, about 107 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Two militants namely Gazanfer and Arif involved in attack at Banihal have been arrested and hunt for third one is on," a police spokesman said. "The two snatched weapons have also been recovered."
Initially police suspected the incident was a case of fratricide.
"One of them had a blunt object pierced into his face while the other died of a bullet wound. They were out on patrol when the incident happened. It looks like they might have had a scuffle between them," the region's Police Chief Shesh Paul Vaid was quoted by a local newspaper Kashmir Reader as having said.
However, the new police statement has vindicated the SSB claim that the incident was a militant attack.
A guerrilla war is going on between militants and Indian troops stationed in the restive region since 1989. The gun fight between militants and Indian troops in Indian-controlled Kashmir takes place intermittently.
