DPS school encounter ends, two terrorists gunned-down; three jawans injured

“All injured army personnel are stable and out of danger,” a police source said. They were shifted to a military hospital at Badami Bagh cantonment. Director General of Police S.P. Vaid had earlier said that two militants were holed up in the school, whose students are mostly from the Kashmiri elite families.

The operation was called off after the security personnel had checked the school thoroughly. (Express Photo By Shuaib Masoodi)

Jammu-Kashmir Director General of Police,  S P Vaid said the school’s staff and people have been evacuated.  “The staff and whoever was inside the building was evacuated yesterday.” Vaid was addressing the media on the sidelines of a wreath laying ceremony of a CRPF officer killed in the attack by militants on a road opening party of the force on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway at Pantha Chowk on Saturday. The militants then took refuge inside the school premises.
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On Saturday, militants attacked CRPF (Central Reserved Police Force) personnel deployed on road opening duty on the Srinagar-Jammu highway, which is close to the school in Pantha chowk. A CRPF officer, identified as sub-inspector Sahib Shukla, was killed in the attack while Constable-driver, Nissar Ahmed was injured.

The site of the attack happens to be a high-security zone, located less than a kilometre away from the headquarters of Indian Army’s Chinar Corps. The area was immediately cordoned off by the security forces and search operations were launched in the school premises.

The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit claimed responsibility for the attack.

Srinagar District Magistrate Farooq Ahmad Lone on Saturday imposed restrictions on the stretch of Srinagar-Jammu highway between Ram Munshi Bagh and Sempora. The curbs were lifted after the battle ended.

with IANS inputs