Four militants killed in two encounters
Srinagar: Four militants were Thursday killed in two encounters with security forces in Shopian and Kupwara districts of Kashmir division, police said.
Security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in Yawran forests in Shopian following information about the presence of militants there, a police spokesman said.
He said in the ensuing gunfight, three ultras were killed.
The spokesman said that based on credible inputs about the presence of militants in Yawran area of Keller in Shopian district, a cordon and search operation was launched by Police and security forces in the area.
As the searches were going on, the search party was fired upon by the hiding militants. The fire was retaliated leading to a gunfight.
In the ensuing encounter, three militants were killed and the bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. The spokesman said that the slain militants have been identified as SajadKhanday, Aqib Ahmad Dar and Basharat Ahmad Mir, all residents of Pulwama.
According to the police records, it was a combined group of proscribed outfits HM and LeT. They were wanted by law for their complicity in a series of crimes including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities.
Incriminating materials including 03 AK rifles were recovered from the site of encounter. All these materials have been taken in the case records for further investigation, the spokesman added.
In another encounter, another militant was killed in the Handwara area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir, the spokesman said.
“One militant has been killed in the operation in Handwara. Some arms and ammunition have been recovered from the site,” he added.
The spokesman said that the killed militant has been identified as Danish Ahmad Dar resident of Sopore.
According to police records, the slain was affiliated with proscribed outfit JeM and was wanted by the law for his complicity in a series of terror crimes including attack on security establishments.
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