Army officer sustains injury in gunfight, 03 AK 56 rifles recovered, one slain identified as Waseem from Sgr; Only 1 militant active from Sgr now, 11 militants including 6 foreigners killed in past one week, says IGP Kashmir
Budgam, Jan 07 : Three Jaish-e-Muhammad militants were killed and an army officer was injured in an overnight encounter between security forces and militants in Zalowa area of Chadoora in Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said on Friday.
A senior police officer told, acting on a tip-off about the presence of militants in Zalowa area of Chadoora, joint teams of Army’s 50 RR, police and CRPF laid a siege late on Thursday evening. “As the joint teams zeroed in on the suspected spot, the hiding militants opened fire leading to an encounter,” he said
A police spokesman said that in order to evacuate the civilians trapped around the encounter site, the joint team ensured the evacuation of all civilians to the safer places. “Besides, to avoid any collateral damage due to darkness, the operation was suspended during night hours and in the wee hours the operation resumed, resulting in the elimination of three militants linked JeM outfit. During the encounter one Army Officer received minor splinter injury,” he said.
The spokesman said that one among the three slain was identified as Waseem Mir son of Ghulam Qadir Mir, a resident of Nowgam, Srinagar, who was active since December 2020. “As per reliable sources and documents recovered, the other two killed militants appear to be as foreigners, however further identification is being ascertained,” he said.
The spokesman said that arms and ammunition including three AK-56 rifles were recovered from the site of encounter.
