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  • 4 militants killed in J&K gunfights

    Express News Service

    SRINAGAR:  Four militants including two commanders, and a soldier were killed in twin gunfights in Shopian and Kulgam districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Police said the slain militants were involved in killing a carpenter from UP and two labourers from Bihar last week.

    A police official said that on specific input about the presence of militants, the police, CRPF and army personnel launched a joint cordon and search operation in Dragad area of Shopian. “During the operation, the militants were given an opportunity to surrender. They turned down the offer and fired on the troops,” he said.The fire was returned by the troops, triggering an encounter.

    In the ensuing gunfight, two militants of The Resistance Front (TRF) were killed and three army men injured. The injured soldiers were evacuated to a military hospital, where one of them, identified as Sepoy Karanveer Singh, succumbed. The deceased militants were identified as Adil Hussain Wani, resident of Shopian, and Shakir Ahmad Wani resident of Pulwama. 

    According to IGP (Kashmir)Vijay Kumar, Adil was district commander of LeT (TRF) and active since July 2020. “He was involved in the killing of carpenter Sageer Ahmad of UP,” the IGP said. Sageer was shot dead by militants at Litter area of Pulwama on October 16. A police spokesman said one of the killers of the carpenter was a resident of Litter village in Pulwama and got active recently after joining the militant folds.  

    Another gunfight erupted in Sopat area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district in the evening. In the brief gunfight, two militants, including a Lashkar commander Gulzar Ahmed Rishi, were killed, IGP Vijay Kumar said. He said both the militants were involved in killing two migrant labourers (Raja Reshi Dev and Joginder Reshi Dev, both from Bihar) at Wanpoh, Kulgam on October 17.

  • 3 LeT militants including Pakistan commander killed in Pulwama gunfight

    By Express News Service
    SRINAGAR: Three militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba including a Pakistani commander were killed in a nocturnal gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said.

    A police official said acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants, a joint contingent of police, CRPF and army launched a search operation in main town Pulwama yesterday evening.

    He said after plugging all the possible escape routes, security personnel zeroed-in on the target area where the militants were hiding.

    “After finding themselves trapped, militants opened fire on the troops. The fire was returned by security men, triggering an encounter,” the official said.

    In the ensuing gunfight, which continued till the morning today, three Lashkar militants were killed

    IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said two of the three militants killed were locals and another was a Pakistani militant Aijaz alias Abu Huraira.

    “Aijaz was commander of the outfit,” he said.

    Today’s encounter is the 8th encounter in the Valley in last fortnight.

    In these encounters, 21 militants and an army jawan have been killed.

  • J-K: Two militants killed in gunfight with security forces

    Express News Service
    SRI NAGAR: Two militants from Albadar outfit were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Khunmoh area of Srinagar on Monday. Police said five militants are still active in the city. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said the police received information about the presence of militants in the Khunmoh area.

    “Accordingly, a joint contingent of police, CRPF and the Army laid siege to the area. In the early hours Monday, the forces zeroed-in on the target area where the militants were present. The troops asked them to surrender and lay down their weapons. However, they turned down the offer and fired at the forces,” he said.

    In the ensuing gunfight, two Albadar militants were killed. The security forces recovered two pistols, one hand grenade and three UBGL grenades from the site of the encounter. A house, where the militants were hiding, was partially damaged in the gunfight.

    Police identified the deceased militants as Wasim Bashir Pandit and Mudasir Ahmad Khanday, both residents of Pulwama district. Talking to reporters, IGP Vijay Kumar said five local militants are active in Srinagar at present. “The hunt is on to track them. They will either be killed or arrested”. He, however, said militants have many over-ground workers in Srinagar. Many of them have been arrested and booked under the PSA and many others are on police radar.