Srinagar /June, 18: An Army man was a on Tuesday killed in a gun battle with the militants in Marhama area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag . Authorities, according to sources, say that one of the two militants killed in the gunfight identified as Sajad Ahmad Bhat, had arranged the explosive-laden vehicle used in the suicide bombing of a CRPF convoy in Pulwama in February this year and the other was the handler of the suicide bomber.
The police said one more militant is believed to be still hiding inside a building in the area. All of them are suspected to be militants of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant outfit
The government forces launched a search operation based on intelligence inputs that some terrorists could be hiding in the area. The operation soon turned into an encounter after the terrorists opened fired at the forces.The encounter is going on.
The encounter comes a day after an Army vehicle was targeted with an improvised explosive device in Pulwama, where a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was attacked by a suicide bomber of the JeM in February.
