Two militants killed in Shopian encounter, Slain Militant Involved in UP Carpenter’s Killing: IGP
Shopian: Two militants were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with security forces in Dragad area of Sugan Hamlet in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said.
A senior police officer told that two militants have been killed whose identification is being ascertained while as search operation is on in the area.
Earlier, an official informed that a joint team of police, Army and CRPF, after receiving information about the presence of militants, launched a search operation in the area.
He said that as the joint team of forces intensified searches towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the party, which was retaliated, thus triggering an encounter.
Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Vijay Kumar has said that one among the slain militant was involved in killing of a poor labourer at Litter area of Pulwama.
“ShopianEncounterUpdate: One of the killed militants has been identified as Adil Ah Wani, active since 7/2020. He was involved in killing of one poor labourer at Litter Pulwama. So far, 15 terrorists have been neutralised in 2 weeks: IGP Kashmir,” Kashmir Police Zone tweeted.
