Three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were reportedly killed in a six-hour long encounter that began late on 21 June in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Ajaz Ahmed Malik, a civilian who was injured in firing by terrorists in Pulwama, has succumbed to injuries.
According to reports, the militants have been identified as Majid Mir, Shariq Ahmad and Irshad Ahmad.
An Army officer reportedly suffered minor injuries in the encounter. A mob pelted stones at the security forces to distract them from the operation, a police official said.
The encounter began on the evening of 21 June in the Kakapora area of Pulwama, following intelligence input that three local boys, who had joined militant ranks in banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, were holed up in a house located in a densely populated locality, a police official said.
This is the first successful counter-insurgency operation in Pulwama area which is believed to have large presence of local militants aided with a strong-network of over ground workers, he said.
This is the second successful operation against the terror outfit within three days, the police official said.
Encounter in Sopore
On 21 June, two militants were killed in an encounter in Sopore township of Baramulla district in north Kashmir.
Security forces gunned down two militants in an encounter in an area of north Kashmir.
The slain militants were identified as Basit Ahmad Mir, a resident of Indergam Pattan, and Gulzar Ahmad, a resident of Brat Sopore.
The search operation was halted for the night but the forces maintained the cordon to stop the militants from escaping, a police official said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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