Five hostages rescued

Security forces on Sunday stormed a house in Sambha district in Jammu region and rescued all the five hostage, including three women.

Security forces on Sunday stormed a house in Sambha district in Jammu region and rescued all the five hostage, including three women, from militants' clutches, official sources said.

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The militants, who had sneaked from across the boder into Jammu region on May nine, had taken five people hostage after gunning down a couple.

Intermittent firing was on between militants holed up in the under-contruction house and security forces, the sources said.
IGP (Jammu) K Rajendra and DIG Farooq Khan were present at the scene, they said.