Security forces arrested two militants at a checkpoint in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday, police said.
A joint check-post of Rajouri Police, 72 battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Army (38 RR) was set up on Rajouri-DKG road in the early hours after weapons and ammunition were stolen by some militants from a police barrack during the night, SSP, Rajouri, Yougal Manhas told PTI.
Security personnel were conducting random frisking of vehicles when the two motorcycle-borne militants reached the spot and were signalled to stop, the SSP said.
The duo sped from the spot and started firing at the security personnel chasing them, he said.
However, jawans of the police, the Army and the CRPF overpowered them.
The arrested militants have been identified as 22-year-old Mukhtar Ahmed and 22-year-old Aijaz Ahmed Paaray of Shopian district, the SSP said.
Both of them are found to be involved in militancy-related cases with in the limits of Zainapura police station in Shopian district, he said.
An Insas rifle with three magazines and 49 live cartridges, along with two empty fired cartridges, were recovered from their possession, he said.
Police personnel deployed at police post BGSB Shrine Shahdra Sharif informed officers that an Insas with magazines has been stolen by unidentified men from the police barrack, he said.
During initial interrogation, both the arrested militants said they stole weapons and magazines from the police barrack, officer said.
The duo was to join Hizbul Mujahideen outfit in Shopian district and were in constant touch with HM commander Zeenat-ul-Islam operating in South Kashmir, he said.
A case has been registered in Thanamandi police station, he added.