2 terrorists killed in encounter with police in J&K’s Srinagar

Mangalore Today News Network

Srinagar, Feb 05, 2022: Two terrorists with links to the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)-The Resistance Front (TRF) were neutralised by Srinagar Police after an encounter broke out in the city’s Zakura area on Saturday morning.

 

One of the terrorists killed in the encounter has been identified as Ikhlaq Hajam, Kashmir’s inspector general of police Vijay Kumar said.

Hajam was involved in the recent killing of head constable Ali Muhammad Ganie at Hassanpora in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Kumar said that incriminating materials including two pistols were recovered from the site.

 

#SrinagarEncounterUpdate: 02 #terrorists of terror outfit LeT/TRF #neutralised by Srinagar Police. One of the killed terrorists Ikhlaq Hajam was involved in recent killing of HC Ali Mohd at Hassanpora Anantnag. Incriminating materials including 02 pistols recovered: IGP Kashmir https://t.co/9vktIRpcJM

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) February 5, 2022

Ganie, who was posted at Kulgam police station as a head constable, was shot dead by suspected militants in Hassanpora on January 29.

The gunmen fired at him near his residence in the Tabala area of Anantnag’s Bijbehara. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. However, he died on the way.

Earlier this week, militants fired upon a policeman in the Amishijipora area of Shopian district. Injured ASI Shabir Ahmad was rushed to a hospital.

Courtesy:India Today