Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday confirmed death of two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, including a Pakistani national, in an encounter with security forces in Srinagar.
According to a police official, "Two terrorists of banned terror outfit LeT were neutralised by Srinagar Police in an encounter in Bemina area of Srinagar city. One policeman sustained minor injuries in the operation."
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The ‘chance encounter’ took place late Monday night.
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said as per the documents and other incriminating materials recovered from the encounter site, one of the killed terrorists has been identified as Abdullah Goujri, a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan.
#SrinagarEncounterUpdate:As per the documents and other #incriminating materials, one of the killed #terrorist has been identified as Abdullah Goujri, resident of Faisalabad, #Pakistan. A big success: IGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/kFtQd1cNSo
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) June 13, 2022
"This was the same group of terrorists which had escaped from Sopore encounter. We have been tracking their movement," the IGP said.
#SrinagarEncounterUpdate: This was the same group of #terrorists, who escaped from #Sopore #encounter. We have been tracking their movement: IGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/kFtQd1cNSo
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) June 13, 2022
He said the other slain militant was identified as Adil Hussain Mir alias Sufian, a resident of Anantnag district.
#SrinagarEncounterUpdate: As per documents recovered from another killed #terrorist, he has been identified as Adil Hussain Mir @ Sufian @ Musab of #Anantnag district. As per police records, he crossed over to #Pakistan in 2018 on visit VISA from Wagah: IGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/kFtQd1cNSo
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) June 13, 2022
"As per police records, he crossed over to Pakistan in 2018 on visit visa from Wagah," Kumar said.
(With PTI Inputs)
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