Four militants, three affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and another associated with the Hizbul Mujahideen, were killed by the security forces in Anantnag on Sunday.
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“Acting on a tip-off, the police, along with the Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles and CRPF personnel, cordoned off Dar Mohalla of the Watarigam area in Anantnag. The hiding terrorists opened fire on the joint search party. In the encounter, all four terrorists were killed,” said a Srinagar-based police spokesman.
The slain militants were Muzaffar Ahmed Bhat, ‘a district commander’, Omar Ameen Bhat, Sajad Ahmed Bhat, all affiliated with the LeT, and Gulzar Ahmed Bhat, affiliated with the Hizb.
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“Two AK 47 rifles, two pistols, ammunition and other incriminating materials have been recovered from the encounter site,” the police said.
Sources said the militants were hiding in a bunker-like space constructed inside a residential house, which was also damaged in the operation.
Meanwhile, the authorities snapped Internet in parts of south Kashmir, fearing protests from locals.
