Militant Who Shot Dead Kashmiri Pandit In Pulwama Killed In Encounter: ADGP Vijay Kumar

Srinagar| Feb ,28: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that the militant involved in the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit two days ago was killed in an overnight gunfight in South Kashmir’s Awantipora sub district .
Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir Range Vijay Kumar said the killer of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma was neutralized during the gunfight. He identified the slain as Aqib Mustaq Bhat of Pulwama who was associated with “The Resistance Front” and was an “A” category militant. The slain militant initially worked for HM ( Hizbul Mujahideen) militant outfit, nowadays he had been working with TRF. Killer of late Sanjay Sharma killed,  ADGP Kashmir said.
On Sunday, Sanjay Kumar, a Kashmiri Pandit working as a security guard at a bank was shot dead by militants near his home at Achan village in Pulwama district. This was the first targeted attack on Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley this year. Soon after the killing, security forces had stepped up anti militancy operation across Pulwama . Police said the encounter erupted at Padgampora during a cordon and search operation in the area following an input about the presence of militants.