Five policemen and two bank officials were killed by militants while looting a cash van of a bank in Kulgam district of Kashmir, police said on Monday. According to DIG south Kashmir S P Pani, militants dragged the cops and the bank officials out of their vehicle before killing them. A group of heavily-armed militants waylaid the cash van of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, which was returning to Kulgam district headquarter from Damhal Hanji Pora, a police official said, adding that the police was investigating whether the militants had taken away any cash. Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to PTI, a spokesperson of the militant group told a local news gathering agency that its cadres had decamped with four weapons from the scene of the attack. In a separate incident, two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated after they were attacked by the Pakistan's Border Action Team along the Line of Control (LoC) in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district. Reflecting on the incident, the Northern Command of the Indian Army issued a statement saying, “such despicable act of Pakistan Army will be appropriately responded.” With inputs from agencies
