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| JeM district commander among 3 militants killed in Pulwama encounter | | Major Success to security forces | |  Javaid Naikoo
srinagar, Sept 2: The 16 hour long gun fight between Security forces and militants which raged in south Kashmir's Pulwama district ended with the death of three militants including one district commander. According to a police spokesman, three militants including one wanted district commander of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) were killed in an encounter with security forces in Hanjan village of Pulwama district. Police officials said that 'on a tip off regarding the presence of armed militants in village Hanjan of Pulwama in the jurisdiction of police station Rajpora on 9/1/2014, Pulwama Police, Army's 44 RR and 182, 183 Battalions of Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.
Police spokesman said that 'militants hiding in the area fired on the joint search party triggering which triggered an encounter which forced security forces to strengthen the cordon and as the night was falling searches were stopped for the night.
Police sources said that 'encounter started again today when the search operation was resumed early in morning in which three militants were killed who were later identified as JeM district commander Altaf Ahmad Rather son of Mohammad Abdullah of Nathpora, Showkat Ahmad son of Ghulam Qadir of Aglar-Kandi, Pulwama and Farooq Ahmad son of Ghulam Ahmad Wani of Delwanpora.
Sources said that one among the militants Showkat Ahmad had joined the militant ranks only on August 19, 2014. And when encounter was going on today forces had brought father of Showkat to persuade him to surrender, however, they said, there was no response from militant's side.
According to police statement, slain JeM district commander Altaf Ahmad Rather was involved in many militancy related activities and was one of the group members involved in the attack and weapon snatching incident of a police guard at Pakharpora shrine in District Budgam this year.
According to details received as the news of militants' death spread in the area, locals took to streets and clashed with security forces and the clashes were going on when the report was filed. Police sources said that One AK-47 rifle and a self-loading rifle (SLR) have been recovered from the encounter site. Pertinently encounter at Pulwama is a major success for security forces as forces including Army, SOG and CRPF managed to engage militants whole night for around 16 hours in the house of one local namely Wali Mohammad Nengroo and killed them without any trouble to security forces deployed for the encounter this morning. |
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