Security forces on Tuesday gunned down a militant who was hiding in an orchard at Kreeri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district during the the resumption of a combing operation in the morning.
In an attack on a joint check-post on Monday, militants killed two CRPF jawans and a policeman.
After the attack, two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in a day-long operation launched immediately by security forces.
A police official said the operation was halted for the night and resumed on Tuesday morning and the militant hiding in the orchards was killed.
Two injured Army soldiers also died in the operation, according to Army sources.
Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar told The Hindu, “The third militant was killed in the ongoing operation. Two slain militants, Usman, a non-local, and Sajjad alias Haider, were behind the killing of BJP leader and his two family members in Bandipora recently”.
Security forces used explosives to blast the hideout. The operation lasted more than 26 hours. Two AK-47 and three pistols have been recovered from the encounter site, according to the Army.
The total number of security personnel who lost their lives in the operation is now five.
Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Monday said the most wanted LeT ‘commander’, Sajad Ahmad Mir alias Haider from Baramulla’s Sopore, was among the dead.
