SRINAGAR : A Jaish-e-Mohammed militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday.
ANI■ Security personnel take up position during an encounter in Baramulla on Saturday.
THE JAISH MILITANT WAS KILLED IN URI SECTOR ALONG THE LOC; WEAPONS AND WARLIKE STORES SEIZED FROM THE SITE OF ENCOUNTER
A cordon and search operation was launched by security forces in Boniyar area in the early hours after movement of militants was detected in the area which is close to the Line of Control.
During the search operation, the militants opened fire towards security forces who retaliated, army spokesperson said.
“In the exchange of fire, one unidentified ultra was killed at Bujthala in Boniyar Uri,” he said, adding the identity and group affiliation of the slain militant was being ascertained.
Weapons and warlike stores were seized from the site of encounter.
“Searches are still going on in the area although firing exchanges have stopped now,” police sources said.
Sources, however, said the militant killed in the operation was a foreigner and it remains unclear as to what he was doing in that area.
In the past, the area, which is close to the Line of Control, has been used by militants for infiltration and exfiltration. In the first five months, army and police claimed to have killed more than 100 militants in different parts of Kashmir.
In the second week of June, four youths were arrested by army in the Uri sector while they were trying to cross the Line of Control.
They were handed over to police after counselling.
The youths said they were trying to reach Pakistan Occupied Kashmir for arms training, however, were arrested midway near Boniyar.