Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday claimed to have killed TRF commander and two other militants in a brief shootout near Rambagh bridge in Srinagar.
Inspector General of Police of Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar told ANI that one of the militants has been identified as Mehran, a top commander of the Resistance Front (TRF). Kumar claimed that Mehran was involved in the killings of two teachers in Eidgah and other civilians in Srinagar.
According to police, Mehran, a resident of Maharaj Gunj locality of Srinagar, was active with militants from May this year.
Protests were staged in the Maharaj Gunj area of Srinagar soon after the news of Mehran’s killing was confirmed by the police.
The two other militants were identified as Manzoor Mir, son of Sanaullah Mir of Babhara, in Pulwama district, and Basit Ahmad Dar of Redwani in Kulgam.
Mir was missing from his home since June this year. His identity card was found by a few local women at the shootout site. As per reports, Dar had joined militancy in April this year.
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Locals and shopkeepers said they heard the sound of gunshots around 5.15 pm near Rambagh bridge in Srinagar and subsequently, they saw three bodies lying in a pool of blood on the road.
According to police sources, they chased the car in which militants were travelling without a number plate and shot at them from behind and thereafter the bodies were swiftly evicted from the spot. The whole incident concluded in half an hour.
Protests were staged at the spot with women wailing about the killing and raising slogans against the security forces. Minor stone pelting incidents took place at the site, on receiving information, police and paramilitary personnel rushed to the spot to control the situation.
