Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Toiba militant was killed in a brief gunfight in Charsoo area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said Tuesday.
A police official said that based on a specific input generated by Police regarding presence of (militant) in village Charsoo of Awnatipora, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police, (army’s) 42RR and 130 battalion CRPF in the area.
“As the search party proceeded towards the suspected spot, the hiding (militant) fired indiscriminately upon the search party which was retaliated effectively, leading to an encounter,” he said, adding that “In the ensuing encounter, one militant was killed who was identified as Owais Raja son of Mohammad Ramzan Dar of Subhanpora.”
Police said that the slain was a categorized (militant) of Laskar-e-Toiba. He was a part of group involved in several cases including attacks on Police/SF and civilian atrocities.”
IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar termed the operation as “very important” stating that the area was situated very close to (highway) and threat was imminent.
Police said that arms and ammunition including 01 AK-56 rifle, 03 AK Magazines and 80 AK rounds were recovered from the site of encounter.
