Security forces Sunday recovered a US-made M-4 carbine and 36 armour-piercing bullets from an encounter site in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, where one militant has been killed so-far.
The army on its official Twitter handle wrote that they recovered US made M4 Carbine, three magazines, 36 armour-piercing rounds and Rs 9,600 from the encounter site in Rawalpora, Shopian, 56 kms from Srinagar.
The encounter erupted on Saturday evening after security forces trapped Sajjad Afghani, a top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) along with a foreign militant in the area. The operation was put on hold during the night and the cordon around the village was tightened to prevent militants from fleeing the village, a police official said.
Another reason to halt the operation yesterday was that five villagers, taken by the security forces to guide them in the search operation, were trapped in the target house.
“However, they all were safely taken out before we launched an assault on hiding terrorists” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said. Early on Sunday, J&K police tweeted: “#ShopianEncounterUpdate: 01 unidentified #terrorist killed. #Operation going on. Further details shall follow.”
However, official confirmation on whether the slain militant is Sajad Afghani is yet to come as police is ascertaining the identity.
Published 14 March 2021, 10:23 IST