<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>“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.”</p>.<p>However, official confirmation on whether the slain militant is Sajad Afghani is yet to come as police is ascertaining the identity.</p>
<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>“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.”</p>.<p>However, official confirmation on whether the slain militant is Sajad Afghani is yet to come as police is ascertaining the identity.</p>
