Four militants, including two affiliated with JeM, killed in separate encounters in J&K

The operation was launches following specific inputs about the presence of militants there, a police officer said. (Representational Image)

Four militants were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Kulgam and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday, news agency PTI reported.

Two militants, affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad, were killed in an encounter with security forces Chingam area of Kulgam district of south Kashmir. The security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in the area late Friday night following specific inputs about the presence of militants there, a police official said.

He said the search operation turned into an encounter after militants fired upon a security forces party, who retaliated.

The militants have been identified as Tariq Ahmad Mir, resident of Zangalpora Divsar Kulgam; and a Pakistani national identified as Sameer Bhai alias Usman, resident of Punjab Pakistan, and an “A” category militant, PTI quoted an official as saying. He said both militants were affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit.

“As per the police records, both the killed terrorists were part of groups responsible for carrying out terrorist attacks. They were involved in many terror crimes and civilian atrocities, including killing of police official Khursid Ahmad at Furah Mirbazzar and attack on sarpanch Aarif Ahmad at Akhran Mirbazzar in which he was critically injured,” the official said. An M4 rifle and a pistol have been recovered from the site of the encounter.

Two other militants were killed in another operation in Dadoora area of Pulwama district of south Kashmir, the police said.

The police said the encounter started after security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation there following information about the presence of militants. Two AK rifles have been recovered from the encounter site, they added.

(With PTI inputs)

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