*Two LeT militants killed, civilian (House Owner) killed in Shopian encounter*
*Militants came out of house amid indiscriminate firing causing fatal injuries to civilian: IGP Kashmir; says one Ak 56 riffle, one pistol recovered from slain militants*
Shopian, Feb 25 (KNO): Two militants and a civilian were killed in an encounter between the security forces and militants in Amshipora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Friday.
A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two unidentified militants have been killed, whose identification is being ascertained while search operation is on in the area.
Earlier, an official said that a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in the area. He said that as the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar told KNO that based on a specific input of police about the presence of militants in village Amshipora, Shopian, a joint operation was launch during the late night of 24/25-02-2022.
“After a cluster of houses were taken into cordon, following the drill, civilians were evacuated to safety. Thereafter, house to house searches were started in the wee hours to locate the hiding militants. During the searches, militants came out and resorted to indiscriminate firing. In the indiscriminate firing of two militants, one civilian namely Shakeel Ahmed khan S/o Abdul Rahim Khan R/o Amshipora got seriously wounded. The injured civilian while being evacuated for medical help succumbed to the injuries,” the IGP said.
He said that militants fire was retaliated effectively in which both militants neutralised. “The neutralised miiltants were identified as Muzamil Ahmad Mir S/o Ab Hameed Mir R/o Chatripora, Shopian and Shariq Ayoob S/o Mohd Ayoob Wagay R/o Bonpora, Amshipora, Shopian. Slain Muzamil was involved in several crimes. Both the slain militants belonged to LeT. Incriminating materials including Arms (one AK 56 rifle and one pistol) and Ammunitions were also recovered: IGP Kashmir,” the IGP said. Meanwhile, a senior police official told KNO that initially militants were hiding in the house of slain civilian Shakeel, who shifted to a cowshed soon after the cordon was laid—(KNO)
