Two JeM militants killed in nocturnal gunfight in Pulwama village
Srinagar: Two JeM militants were killed in a nocturnal gunfight at Drabgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday.
The slain have been identified as Shahid Ahmad Baba S/O Mushtaq Ahmad Baba R/O Drabgam Rajpora and Aniyat Ahmad Ziger S/O Mohammad Abdullah Ziger R/O Arihal Pulwama.
Official sources told GNS that the contingents of army’s 44 RR, CRPF and Special Operation Group (SOG) of police cordoned off Baba Mohalla of Drabgam village today at around 7:30 pm.
The forces had installed lights so as to prevent the escape of militant owing to darkness, they said.
As the forces intensified the searches, militants hiding in the area opened fire, leading to a gunfight.
In the ensuing gunfight, two militants were killed and their bodies were recovered along with weapons.
Sources said that a residential house of Abdul Khaliq Negroo where the militants were hiding was razed to rubble.
Earlier, as the cordon was being laid, the youth took to streets and pelted stones on forces which in turn lobbed tear smoke shells to disperse them.
Meanwhile, the internet has been suspended in Pulwama and neighbouring Shopian district of south Kashmir following the gunfight. (GNS)
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