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| 3 HM, Jaish militants killed in encounter with police, security forces at Gulshanpora-Tral | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 3: Three local militants owing allegiance to Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed in an encounter with police and security forces in Tral area in the South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Reports said that the militants were killed in an encounter after police and security forces cordoned off the Gulshanpora village of Tral. A joint team of Army's 42RR, CRPF and SOG cordoned off the Gulshanpora area after having credible input about presence of some militants in the area.
The militants hiding in the village fired upon the security forces triggering an encounter between the two sides. The encounter ended with the killing of three militants while as three security forces personnel were also injured in the incident.
A police spokesman said that based on a credible input about the presence of militants in higher reaches of Tral in Awantipora, a cordon and search operation was launched today morning jointly by police and security forces in the area. 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, three militants were neutralized and the bodies were recovered from the site of encounter. The killed militants have been identified as Zubair Ahmad Bhat alias Abu Huraira son of Bashir Ahmad Bhat resident of Chursoo-Awantipora, Shakoor Ahmad Parray alias Jaffar son of Ghulam Nabi Parray resident of Laribal-Tral and Tawseef Ahmad Thoker alias Abu Talha son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Thoker resident of Chursoo-Bunpora, Awantipora," said the police spokesman.
The spokesman said that the killed militants were wanted by law for their complicity in a series of crimes including attacks on security establishments and civilian atrocities.
It was a combined group of JeM and HM and as per police records Zubair was affiliated with proscribed militant outfit JeM while Shakoor and Tawseef were affiliated with proscribed militant outfit HM.
In the meantime, Srinagar based defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia denied the media reports that a soldier has been killed in the encounter.
Colonel Kalia said that the injured soldier is receiving treatment and the news about his death is incorrect. |
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