Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir): Two Hibzul Mujahideen militants were killed while a CRPF jawan and a Jammu and Kashmir policeman suffered injuries during an encounter in the city's Nawakadal area on Tuesday, police said.
Junai Sehrai, son of separatist conglomerate Tehreek-e-Hurriyat's chairman Ashraf Sehrai, was among the two terrorists killed, police said.
Junai Sehrai went missing in March 2018 and later his picture, brandishing an AK-47, went viral on social media.
The joining of Sehrai, who completed his MBA degree from the Kashmir University, was the first such case where a son of a separatist leader of Jammu and Kashmir had joined a terror group.
A police official added that weapons and ammunition were seized from the encounter spot.
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Two security personnel -- a CRPP jawan and a Jammu and Kashmir policeman -- were also injured in the gunbattle with the militants, the officials said.
The encounter began at around 2 am after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the night following information about the presence of militants there.
There was a lull in firing for about five hours after that. But fresh contact was established with the militants around 8 am, the official said.
The official said mobile internet and mobile telephony services, except on BSNL postpaid, have been snapped in the city as a precautionary measure.
(With inputs from agencies)
