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| Six militants belonging to Zakir Musa group killed in encounter at Arampora-Tral | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 22: In a major offensive against the militants and militancy in Kashmir police and security forces killed six militants at Arampora in Tral area in South Kashmir's Pulwama district. The slain militants owed allegiance to Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind led by Zakir Musa.
Reports reaching here said that militants were killed when a joint party of police and security forces fired towards a militant hideout located in an orchard at Arampora in the Tral area. The forces carried out the operation after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the Arampora area.
Reports said the gunfight broke out after a joint team of 42 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu & Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) fired some warning shots towards the militant hideout situated in an orchard along the Tral-Awantipora road during a cordon-and-search operation. The gunfight culminated with the death of six militants.
A police spokesman said that based on a credible input about the presence of militants in Arampora area of Awantipora, a cordon and search operation was launched by security forces in the area today morning. As the searches were going on, the search party was fired upon by the militants. The fire was retaliated leading to a gunfight. "In the ensuing encounter, six militants were neutralized and the bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. Pertinently no collateral damage took place during the encounter. Incriminating materials including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter. Police has registered a case and initiated investigation in the matter," said the police spokesman. The militants killed in the encounter have been identified as Soliha Mohammad Akhoon son of Ghulam Mohammad Akhoon resident of Arampora-Tral, Faisal resident of Amlar-Tral, Nadeem Ahmad Sofi son of Muzzafar Ahmad Sofi resident of Batagund Tral, Rasiq Mir son of Ghulam Qadir Mir resident of Mir Mohalla Dadsara-Tral, Rouf and Umar both residents of Dadsara-Tral.
Police said the six militants were wanted by the law for their complicity in a series of militancy related crimes including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities. The militant group was part of Zakir Musa faction and was active in district Pulwama.
As per police records, Rasiq had a long history of crime records since last five years. Several cases were registered against him including case FIR number 170/2016 under section 13, 18, 18E, 20 ULAP Act. Soliha according to police records also had a long history of crimes since 2015 and was involved in several militant attacks on security establishments and many other civilian atrocities in the area.
Similarly Nadeem and Umar were also involved in several crimes related to militancy related activities. Also Rouf and Faisal were involved in planning and executing many militant attacks in the area. Bodies of all the six terrorists after completion of medico legal formalities were handed over to their legal heirs. |
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