SRINAGAR — Two militants of Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit including a Pakistani were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Cheyan area of Devsar in Kulgam district in South Kashmir on Sunday.
Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Cheyan, Devsar following the inputs about presence of militants in the area.
They said that as the joint team of forces approached the suspected spot, militants fired upon them which was retaliated, triggering an encounter.
In the encounter two militants of Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) outfit were killed and they have been identified as Haider, a Pakistani militant and Shahbaz Shah, a local militant from Kulgam.
Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 01 Ak-56 with 4 Magazines, 01 Pistol with a Magazine, 01 UBGL, 01 Pouch and ID Cards of LeT were recovered from the site of encounter.
One residential house was also damaged in the encounter.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar has congratulated the joint ream of forces for conducting successful operation. He termed the killing of the top wanted Pakistani militant Haider a big success.
As per police records the killed militant Haider was categorized militant who was active for more than two years in North Kashmir and had recently shifted his base to South Kashmir
According to police statement, “The killed militant Haider was part of groups involved in several terror crimes, civilian atrocities and various killings including recent killings of police personnel SgCT Mohammad Sultan and Ct Fayaz Ahmad on 10/11/2021 at Gulshan Chowk Bandipora. Besides, he was also involved in an attack on Naka party near Nishat Park Bandipora on 11/02/2022 in which SPO Zubair Ahmad attained martyrdom while as 04 other security personnel got injured including 03 police personnel and an ASI of BSF.”
“The other killed militant Shahbaz Shah was a hybrid militant and was involved in the killing of a civilian belonging to minority community namely Satish Kumar Singh on 13/04/2022 at Kakran area of Kulgam. After this attack said militant was categorised,” the statement said. — (KIMS)