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2 militants killed in encounter in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district
A joint team of J-K Police, Indian Army, and paramilitary forces cordoned off Wanigam of Kreeri in the Baramulla district after inputs about the presence of militants in the village.
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In the exchange of firing, two militants were killed, the official said, adding that their identification and group affiliation was being ascertained. (Representational image)
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2 militants killed in encounter in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district
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After a long pause, a gunfight erupted between militants and security forces in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district Thursday morning. The Jammu and Kashmir Police said two newly recruited militants were killed in the gunfight that started early in the morning.
A joint team of J-K Police, Indian Army, and paramilitary forces cordoned off Wanigam of Kreeri in the Baramulla district after inputs about the presence of militants in the village. The police said as the security forces were zeroing in on the target, the militants hiding in the village opened fire trying to break the security cordon. The security forces team, the police said, retaliated which lead to a gunfight in which the two militants were killed.
“BaramullaEncounterUpdate: Two terrorists neutralised. Identification being ascertained. ncriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 01 AK 47 rifle and one pistol recovered,” J&K Police said in a tweet.
#BaramullaEncounterUpdate: Both are local #terrorists, belong to proscribed terror outfit LeT & #identified as Shakir Majid Najar & Hanan Ahmad Seh from #Shopian district. Both joined terrorism in the month of March 2023. Further Investigation going on: ADGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/b4PtEN1eRg
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) May 4, 2023
In a subsequent tweet, the police said both militants had been identified and owed allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). “BaramullaEncounterUpdate: Both are local terrorists, belong to proscribed terror outfit LeT & identified as Shakir Majid Najar & Hanan Ahmad Seh from Shopian district. Both joined terrorism in the month of March 2023,” they said.
Thursday’s gunfight in Kreeri came after a long pause. While the Kashmir Valley witnessed frequent gunfights between militants and security forces in the last three years, there have been very few gunfights in the last five months.
On Wednesday, two militants were killed in a gunfight on the Line of Control in Kupwara.
Police sources attribute this to the decrease in the number of militants and the drying up of intelligence inputs. They say that while most of the operations in the past would be carried out based on technical intelligence, militants seemed to have changed their communication channels leaving the security agencies clueless.
Two days ago, the Centre blocked 12 apps saying they were being used by the militants to communicate within themselves and their handlers across the border.
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