We lost well trained police man: DGP

Srinagar: Director General of Police J&K, Dilbagh Singh Sunday said that in an overnight encounter at Panthachowk, Srinagar, the J&K police lost its well-trained and experienced cop who had taken part in so many successful anti-militancy operations.
Three-bike borne militants had first fired at a joint naka party at Panthachowk yesterday night in a bid to snatch weapons, but alert forces foiled their attempts forcing them to leave behind the bike and take shelter in a nearby house.
“It was a weapon snatching bid that was foiled by the alert troops, forcing the militants to leave behind their bike and take shelter in a nearby area known as Dhobi Mohalla, Pantha Chowk,” he said.
Search operation was launched which turned out to be an encounter and in the initial exchange, one militant was killed and we lost ASI Babu Ram.
Later two more were killed and one of them was a commander active since past over a year. “We brought the families of two others from the Pampore area who appealed their children to surrender, but they refused and instead fired. (PTK)