SRINAGAR — A Pakistani militant is among the two militants affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit who were killed in an encounter that broke out between government forces and militants at Bemina area of Srinagar city on Monday night.
Five policeman were also injured during the initial stage of encounter and they were rushed to hospital for treatment.
Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Bemina area of Srinagar city 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-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit were killed and they have been identified as Abdullah Goujri from Faisalabad Pakistan and Adil Hussain Mir @ Sufian @ Musaib from Pahalgam area of Anantnag district.
Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including 2 AK-47 rifles, 10 magazines, 165 live cartridges, Y-SMS device, Matrix sheets, Pakistani medicines etc were recovered from the site of encounter.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar while terming the killing of two LeT militants in Bemina Srinagar a big success to security forces said, “they were planning to attack Amarnath Yatra however the prompt and timely action by the police led to the elimination of both the militants and thereby averting the possible major threat”.
Police Version
Police in a statement said that acting on specific information generated by Police regarding the movement of militants in Bemina area of Srinagar, who had earlier escaped from an encounter in Sopore and were being tracked continuously, Srinagar Police established a special naka in Bemina near JVC Bemina. During naka checking 02 suspects while approaching the said naka were challenged by the Naka party, to which these suspects’ (militants) started indiscriminate firing upon the said naka party. The fire was however effectively retaliated, leading to a brief encounter.
The statement said that in the initial exchange of fire, five police personnel received minor injuries who were immediately evacuated to hospital for the treatment of their injuries.
The statement further said that in the ensuing brief encounter, 02 militants were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. Both linked with proscribed militant outfit LeT.
The killed militant Adil Hussain Mir had crossed over to Pakistan in year 2018 on visit VISA from Wagah, the statement added.
While interacting with media, IGP Kashmir shared that Pakistan based militant handlers had sent two Pakistani LeT militants alongwith Adil Hussain, a resident of Pahalgam area with the directions to carry out attacks on Amarnath Yatra. However, all the three militants have been killed now in two separate encounters i.e; one at Sopore and in today’s brief encounter at Bemina, Srinagar. — (KIMS)