K’gam, Pulwama: Two militants were on Saturday killed in two separate encounters with Government forces in Kulgam and Pulwama districts of South Kashmir, police said.
A police spokesman said that while acting on specific information regarding the presence of a militant in village Khandipora area of Kulgam, a cordon and search operation was launched by the government forces there. “During the search operation, as the search party approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militant fired indiscriminately upon the forces, which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter”, he said. However, in order to evacuate the civilians trapped around the encounter site, the forces ensured the evacuation of all civilians to the safer places, the spokesman said.
In the ensuing encounter, a categorized militant identified as Rasiq Ahmed Ganie, resident of Shouch Kulgam of Hizb ul Mujahideen militant outfit was killed and his body was retrieved from the site of encounter, he said.
As per police records, the slainmilitant was involved in militancy related crime cases including attacks on police/security forces, and civilian atrocities, the spokesman said.
Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including a .303 Rifle along with 23 rounds, a pistol along with 31 rounds, a hand grenade etc., were recovered from the site of the encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation, the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, another mkilitant was killed in an encounter that broke out in Pulwama district of south Kashmir later in the day. The gun fight broke out in Drabgam area of the district, the spokesman said. One militant has been killed, the spokesman
