Journalism of Courage
A 20-hour-long gunbattle between two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants and security forces in the outskirts of Srinagar ended on Monday (April 14) with the killing of both the ultras and injury to two policemen.
Women enter their bullet ridden house which was damaged during an encounter between security men and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants. (PTI)
"The encounter at Ahmadnagar locality of Buchpora ended with the killing of both the militants holed up in a residential house," a police officer said.
Residents wail after their house damaged in an encounter between security men and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants at Ahmed Nagar Soura, Srinagar. (PTI)
He said bodies of both the militants were recovered along with a cache of arms and ammunition from the encounter spot. A police spokesman identified the slain militants as Abu Huzaifa and Chota Hafiz.
A security person looks at the burning house during an encounter with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants. (PTI)
The gunbaThe LeT militants were arrested during a joint operation conducted by the police, Army and the CRPF.ttle started last evening when police, assisted by security forces, launched a search operation following specific information about presence of militants in the house in the locality.
Security persons take positions during the encounter with LeT militants. (PTI)
A policeman was injured in the initial exchange of fire but the operation to neutralise the militants was suspended to ensure safety of civilians, including a couple in whose house the militants had got into, the officer said.
A policeman injured during an encounter with LeT militants is shifted at SKIMS Hospital in Srinagar. (PTI)
After a night-long lull, the encounter resumed this morning after the ultras let go the house owner Abdul Majid Rangrez and his wife, he said. The officer said the holed up militants refused to surrender and continued intermittent firing on the security forces during which another policeman was injured.
A security person takes position during the encounter with LeT militants. (PTI)
