Four militants were shot dead and three army personnel injured in an encounter that broke out in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, 1 April. One policeman also sustained injuries. The militants were affiliated to terror organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), reported ANI.
Arms and ammunition have been recovered from site of encounter and a case has been registered, reported ANI.
The security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Aripal village of the south Kashmir district, earlier this morning, following specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official told PTI.
The police official said, the search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire at the search party who retaliated.
The injured were hospitalised and are stated to be stable, he added.
The spokesperson said it was a clean operation and no collateral damage took place during the encounter.
The slain militants were identified as Zaffar Paul, a resident of Dangerpora Shopian, Tauseef Ahmad Yattoo, a resident of Gudbug Pulwama, Aqib Ahmad Kumar, a resident of Hellow Shopian and Mohammad Shafi Bhat, a resident Sedow Shopian.
“According to the police records, it was a combined group of proscribed terror outfits HM and LeT. They were wanted by law for their complicity in a series of terror crimes, including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities,” the spokesperson said.
Incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, was recovered from the site of the encounter, the spokesperson said, adding that all the material have been taken in the case records for further investigation.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI.)
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