Srinagar, Aug 30: Three local Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter in Nagbal area of Shopian district on tuesday, Police said.
In a statement issued here, a police spokesman said that acting on specific information generated by Shopian Police regarding the presence of militants in village Hushangpora Nagbal area of Shopian, a joint cordon & search operation was launched by Police, Army (44RR) and CRPF (178Bn) in the said area.
During the search operation, as the joint search party approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter.
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In the ensuing encounter, 03 local militants of proscribed militants outfit LeT were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter.
They have been identified as Danish Khursheed Bhat son of Khursheed Ahmad Bhat resident of Ladi Imamsahib, Tanveer Ahmad Wani son of Bashir Ahmad Wani resident of Amarbugh Imamsahib and Towseef Ahmad Bhat son of GH Nabi Bhat resident of Chermarag, the spokesman said.
He said that as per police records, all the killed militants were categorized militants and involved in several terror crime cases including attacks on Police/security forces and civilian atrocities. It is pertinent to mention that the killed militant Danish Khursheed Bhat and Tanveer Ahmad Wani who were active since Aug-2021, were trying to revive the militant folds by recruiting & motivating the gullible youth to join militant folds. Moreover, the killed militant Danish Khursheed had earlier escaped from several encounters.
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Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation.
In this regard, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and investigation has been initiated. People are requested to cooperate with Police till the area at encounter site is completely sanitized and cleared of all the explosive materials, if any, the spokesman added.
