Srinagar: One of the militants who was involved in the killing of sumo driver Mohammad Shami was shot dead in an encounter in the Hajin area of Bandipora district, officials said. The killed militant was identified as Imtiyaz Ahmed.
PRO (Defence) Srinagar said that the presence of militants was detected in a water pumping shed in Gundjahangir of Bandipora district. A joint operation to neutralise the militants was launched by the Indian Army and JKP at about 5 AM.
"Repeated surrender calls were given out by the security forces. In an attempt to escape using the conditions of darkness and heavy rains, the terrorist fired upon the joint search party. The fire was retaliated and one terrorist was neutralized, who was later identified as a newly recruited terrorist, namely Imtiaz Ahamd Dar, resident of Bhagat Mohalla, Shahgund. The same individual was involved in the killing of innocent youth, Md Shafi Lone, resident of Naidkhai area of Shahgund," the Defence PRO-based in Srinagar said.
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They added that in another encounter in Shopian three militants were killed. One of the three militants killed was identified as Mukhtar Shah, who was involved in the murder of a non-local vendor at Lal Bazar area of Srinagar.
The police said that the other two cases would also be solved as the security forces have stepped up the intelligence. They also said that the movement of suspected individuals is being tracked.
Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to bust the militant networks in Kashmir. As per sources, this particular case is about those involved in anti-national activities and harbouring militants by providing them logistics support.
