Two Jaish militants killed, eight injured in Reasi encounter

SRINAGAR, SEP 13 (PTK): At least two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Militants were killed and eight security personnel, including a DSP, were injured Thursday in an encounter in Reasi district, police said.

 

Police said that the search for the escaped militants took place for the second day. Adding that the  during a cordon and search operation zeroed in on a location near a house in the district’s Kakriyal area, and trapped the militants.

 

“The encounter broke out as the security forces, comprising CRPF, police and Army personnel, closed in on the militants, they said. Security forces used drones and choppers in the operation, which was launched Wednesday to track three JeM militants”, police officials said.

 

Two of the militants were killed and eight security personnel, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohan Lal, were injured. They were hospitalised, police said.

 

Five CRPF personnel and three policemen were injured during the operation, they said. They were admitted to the Narayana hospital in Katra. The cordon and search operation to track down the JeM militantss was launched in the Jhajjar Kotli forest belts in Jammu and Reasi district Wednesday, the officials said.

 

Earlier in the early hours on Wednesday, suspected militants opened fire from a truck near the Jhajar Kotli police check-post on the Jammu-Srinagar highway and fled from the spot. A CRPF person and a forest guard were injured in the attack. A high alert was issued in Katra after the incident that took place at around 8 am. The militantss escaped the scene after launching the attack.

 

The Jammu and Kashmir Police said that at least 3-4 militants had escaped on Wednesday. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the militants had entered into the area in a truck coming from the Kashmir side and is believed to have escaped towards Jammu. “During a routine checking at a `naka` (check-post) near the Jhajar Kotli police station, one gunman fired at the paramilitary trooper and fled into a lane nearby.

 

Two foreign militants killed in Sopore gunfight

 

SRINAGAR: At least two foreign militants were killed in an encounter that broke out in Sopore of Baramulla district today. Police said that upon receiving a tip-off about the presence of militants, the security forces including personnel from Rashtriya Rifles (RR), the police’s Special Operations Group (SOG and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), cordoned off the town`s Arampora area in Sopore.

 

 

 

“As the cordon was tightened, the militants fired at the security forces triggering the ongoing gunfight,” the police said.As a precautionary measure, authorities have suspended mobile internet services. Educational institutions were also asked to remain shut for the day.

 

Police said that arms, ammunition and incriminating material was recovered from the site of encounter. ” From the incriminating material recovered from the encounter site, the killed militants have been identified as foreigners from Pakistan namely Ali alias Athar and Zia-ur-Rehman. They were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit JeM. Ali was one of the important commanders of JeM and was active since 2014. He was mastermind of the Sopore IED blast in which four policemen attained martyrdom. Besides, both of them were involved in attacks on security force establishments and civilian atrocities”, police added.

 

Police has registered a case in this regard and the investigation has been initiated in the instant matter. (PTK)