Three militants killed in Anantnag of south Kashmir
, ET Bureau|
Mar 12, 2018, 07.59 AM IST
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police claim to have killed three militants in an encounter in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on wee hours of Monday.
The encounter police officials informed was brief and among three militants, two were locals identified as Eesa Fazili of Soura in Srinagar and Syed Owais of Kokernag in south Kashmir, while as the identity of third militant is being ascertained. The joint operation was launched on a specific input, which took militants by surprise and didn’t give enough time to escape or breach the cordon.
“Pursuing credible leads of presence of militants, security forces started search in the Hakoora area of Anantnag. While the search was going on the hiding militants fired upon the party ensuing an encounter during which three militants were killed,” read the official police statement.
J&K police claim to have recovered AK 47 rifles, pistols and hand grenades from the spot and during the encounter no collateral damage was reported.
According to police one of the militant was involved in recent attack on a police guard post at Soura on the outskirts of Srinagar in which one constable was killed.
After the killing of more than 213 militants in 2017, ‘Operation All Out’ to wipe out militancy in J&K continues with killings of around 28 militants this year. As per the official data, around 124 militants have managed to infiltrate last year, while as equal number of locals have joined the militant ranks in the same period.
The civilian killings also continue in Kashmir. Last week, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq of Hurriyat said that 13 civilian killings reflects that situation in Kashmir is ‘extremely grim and fast deteriorating.’
The encounter police officials informed was brief and among three militants, two were locals identified as Eesa Fazili of Soura in Srinagar and Syed Owais of Kokernag in south Kashmir, while as the identity of third militant is being ascertained. The joint operation was launched on a specific input, which took militants by surprise and didn’t give enough time to escape or breach the cordon.
“Pursuing credible leads of presence of militants, security forces started search in the Hakoora area of Anantnag. While the search was going on the hiding militants fired upon the party ensuing an encounter during which three militants were killed,” read the official police statement.
J&K police claim to have recovered AK 47 rifles, pistols and hand grenades from the spot and during the encounter no collateral damage was reported.
According to police one of the militant was involved in recent attack on a police guard post at Soura on the outskirts of Srinagar in which one constable was killed.
After the killing of more than 213 militants in 2017, ‘Operation All Out’ to wipe out militancy in J&K continues with killings of around 28 militants this year. As per the official data, around 124 militants have managed to infiltrate last year, while as equal number of locals have joined the militant ranks in the same period.
The civilian killings also continue in Kashmir. Last week, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq of Hurriyat said that 13 civilian killings reflects that situation in Kashmir is ‘extremely grim and fast deteriorating.’
