Arrested commander among two militants killed in Srinagar
Arrested commander among two militants killed in Srinagar
Press Trust of Kashmir | Srinagar : A militant who was arrested at Naka in Parimpora on Monday has been killed in an encounter in Maloora area of Srinagar.
An official said that two slain militants include Nadeem Abrar a top LeT commander who was earlier arrested and a foreigner.
Officials said that there was a specific input about militants carrying an attack on highway. Keeping in view the seriousness of the input few joint nakas of JKP & CRPF were place along the highway.
They said that on Parimpora Naka a vehicle was stopped and their identity was asked.
The person sitting at the back seat tried to open his bag and took out a grenade, they said.
They added that the Naka party swiftly swung into action and grabbed the person sitting at the back seat.
Both the driver and the person sitting at the back seat were taken into police station where after taking off his mask it was identified that he was militant Abrar a top LeT Commander, they said.
He was put to joint interrogation by JKP, CRPF and Army and oe Pistol and hand grenades were recovered from his possession, they said.
On sustained interrogation by the joint teams of JKP, CRPF & Army he disclosed that he had kept his AK-47 rifle in a house located at Maloora, they added
There after he was taken to that house to recover the weapon after laying proper cordon of suspected house, an official said.
When the party was entering the house to recover the alleged weapon, one of his associate, a Pakistani militant(about whom he didn’t disclose anything) hiding inside, he said.
Hiding militant fired on the party. In the initial fire fight 3 CRPF personnel got injured and the said militant Abrar accompanying the search party got hit, he said.
The injured SF personnel were evacuated and the rest of the party took position and called for reinforcement, official further added.
“The cordon of target house was strengthened by component of JKP, CRPF & Army and the fire was further retaliated. In the ensuing gun fire foreign militant who fired from inside the house got neutralised and Abrar also got killed, he added.
Two AK-47 rifles along with ammunitions were recovered from the site. It is pertinent to mention that Abrar was involved in several killings of SFs along with other militants, he said.(PTK).
