Srinagar: Two foreign militants on Wednesday were killed in separate encounters in North Kashmir, one at Bandipora and one at Lolab Kupwara, officials said, saying they recovered an M4 rifle from slain.
Officials said that on the basis of specific inputs regarding the presence of militants in the woods of Lolab Kupwara and Ketson Bandipora, joint operations were launched, comprising Army, CRPF and special wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
In the ensuing operations, two militants were killed. One at Bandipora and another at Kupwara, while arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militants.
“We recovered an M4 rifle from the killed militant in Bandipora, and an AK series rifle from slain foreigner at Lolab Kupwara”, officials said.
“The operation has successfully concluded, resulting in elimination of one militant and recovery of 01 AK rifle, 02 Hand Grenades, 4 AK magazines, ambition and other war-like stores,” Indian Army – Chinar Corps posted on X. Chinar Corps remains steadfast in its commitment to keep Kashmir militancy free, the post added.
Regarding Bandipora operations, the Army said that “One militant has been eliminated by the security forces”. It’s noteworthy, that on earlier on November 01, a brief exchange of fire took place between militants and security forces at Panar forest area of Bandipora, however, militants managed to flee from the scene, which was followed by the large-scale combing operation by joint teams of security forces.. “A suspicious movement was detected in the general area of Panar, which was challenged, resulting in indiscriminate fire from the suspected militants, who then fled into the nearby jungle”, officials had earlier said
