Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): Three Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists including a top commander were killed today while a soldier sustained injuries in an encounter with security forces at Kangan village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, defence officials said.
Defence spokesperson Rajesh Kalia said that ‘Operation Kangan’ was launched in the early hours today and a cordon was laid after getting specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area. “Contact established in the morning. Announcements were made for terrorists to surrender, but they opened fire on security forces. A gunfight ensued and the three terrorists of JeM were killed including an IED expert,” he said.
“A soldier also sustained injuries who was evacuated to the Army’s 92-base hospital in Srinagar for treatment,” officials said. “Among the three slain militants is a top commander of Jaish outfit,” they added.
A joint team of Army’s 55 RR, Police and the CRPF laid a siege in Kangan village of Pulwama district on the basis of specific lead about the presence of Jaish militants and a top commander. “When the forces zeroed in on a suspected house, the hiding militants opened fire triggering a fierce gunbattle,” they said.
J&K Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh said, “all three militants who were hiding in a house in a village at Pulwama have been killed. The operation was jointly conducted by army, police and CRPF,” he said.
Meanwhile, authorities have snapped the internet in Pulwama district as a precautionary measure. This is the second gunfight in the area within the past 24 hours as two militants were killed in an encounter in Tral area of Pulwama district yesterday.
