Last week, two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants were killed and five army men were injured in a pre-dawn gin battle in the outskirts of Srinagar. (Representational)Four militants were killed in a pre-dawn encounter with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Officials also recovered arms from the site. The search operations are underway in the area.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Lassipora area of Pulwama district in south Kashmir following specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. The encounter was triggered after militants fired upon the search party of the forces.
Last week, two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants were killed and five army men were injured in a pre-dawn gin battle in the outskirts of Srinagar. A J&K Police official said a cordon-and-search operation (CASO) was launched in the Sutsoo Kalan area of Nowgam, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on early Friday morning. During the search operation, militants fired at the search party, triggering an encounter.
Police said that they have recovered one US-made M4 carbine rifle from the militants. The rifle, according to police sources, is used by NATO forces in Afghanistan and also by the Special Forces of Pakistan.
A senior police officer told The Indian Express that as per inputs, the militants killed on Friday had apparently used the M4 rifle for “sniping purposes”.
