Four militants were killed in two separate encounters—at Shopian and Tral—in south Kashmir on Saturday, September 25.
What happened?
On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, a collaborative team of Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Army, and paramilitary forces cordoned off the Chowgam village in Shopian after receiving inputs about the existence of militants there.Ka
“In the ensuing encounter, two terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter,” the police said in an official release. The officers added that both the militants were associated with the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terror outfit and were part of groups involved in “several terror crime cases”.
Hours after the Shopian gunfight ended, two more militants were killed in a gunfight in Tral when a joint team of J&K Police, the Army and paramilitary forces cordoned off Hardumir village in South Kashmir. The security forces said that they had received inputs about the presence of militants in the village.
As the joint team of forces zeroed in on the target, the militants hiding in the village fired at them, leading to a gunfight. In the brief shootout that followed, two militants were killed.
The police have identified the slain militants as Nadeem Bhat and Rasool alias Adil. Cops said that the militants were affiliated to Ansar Ghazwatul Hind (AGH), a local affiliate of Al-Qaeda.
The Kashmir Zone Police tweeted about the same via their Twitter Handle.
Here’s the Tweet:
Plea towards youth
IGP Kashmir once again reiterates his appeal to all misguided youth who have joined terror folds to shun the path of violence & return to mainstream. He also said that Police is committed to accept them with open arms as society needs them the most especially their parents.
