Civilian injured at Anantnag encounter site succumbs to injuries

A civilian named Yaseen Ahmad Rather, who was injured after an unexploded shell went off at the encounter spot in Anantnag last week, succumbed to his injuries.

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir):One person injured after an unexploded shell went off at an encounter site at Sirhama in South Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday has succumbed to his injuries, officials said on Monday.

According to details Yaseen Ahmad Rather was injured after an unexploded shell went off at the encounter spot when he had gone there after the gunfight got over.

"The terrorists lobbed three grenades. Two exploded while the third one could not be recovered from the debris. The injured persons had found one from the debris and it exploded while fiddling," Anantnag SSP Sandeep Choudhary said.

He was critically injured and moved to a hospital in Srinagar.

Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in the encounter on Friday.

(PTI report)