2 Jaish militants involved in killing of many civilians gunned down in Shopian

14/04/2019

SRINAGAR, Apr 13: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants involved in the killing of a number of civilians and police personnel were on Saturday gunned down by security forces in an encounter in Shopian district, police said.
The slain militants have been identified as Abid Wagay, a resident of Rawalpora Shopian, and Shahjahan Mir, hailing of Amshepora Shopian, a police spokesman said.
Based on a credible input about the presence of militants in Gahand area of Shopian district of south Kashmir, a cordon and search operation was launched by security forces there this morning, the spokesman said.
He said during the searches, the militants fired upon the security personnel who retaliated. Two militants were killed in the ensuing encounter.
The bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounter and incriminating material, including arms and ammunition, were seized. According to police records, both of the militants were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit JeM, he said.
They were wanted for their complicity in a series of terror crimes including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities, he said.
They were involved in the abduction and subsequent killings of civilians Firdous Ahmad of Batgund and Nissar Ahmad of Kapran and policeman Balwant Singh of Batgund last year, the spokesman said.
"They were also involved in the killing of Khusboo Jan at VielShopian earlier this year. Moreover, both were also involved in the killing of a civilian Tanveer Ahmad of Bemnipora at Kachdoora in Shopian.
"They were also involved in arson and setting ablaze panchayatghars at Kanjiullar and Ramnagar, he added. The spokesman said Mir was also involved in snatching of weapons and killing of four police personnel at Arhama Shopian last year.
He (Mir) was also involved in attack on police station Shopian in which one cop SaqibMohi-ud-Din had attained martyrdom and his rifle was snatched.
"He was involved in the abduction and killing of a young boy Huzaif Ashraf Kuttay resident of Manzgam D H Pora, he said. Several cases were registered against both of them for planning and executing terror attacks on security establishments and killing of civilians in the area, the spokesman said.
"With the efforts of police and other security forces, it was a clean operation and no collateral damage happened during the encounter," the spokesman said.
Several persons were injured when security forces burst teargas shells and fired pellets to disperse demonstrators in Shopian, where two Jaishe-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were killed in an encounter on Saturday.
Business and other activities were also paralysed in Shopian and other areas in protest against the militants' killing. Transport was also off the road.
Immediately after news spread about the encounter, people, mostly youths hit the streets at different places in Shopian in south Kashmir. Security forces and State police personnel deployed in the area immediately swung into action and resorted to lathicharge to disperse the demonstrators.
However, when the demonstrators refused to disperse, security forces burst teargas shells and also fired pellets, official sources said adding several persons were injured in the security force action.
However a police spokesperson said that the two killed terrorists have been identified as AbidWagay resident of RawalporaShopian and Shahjahan Mir resident of AmsheporaShopian.
According to the police records, both the killed terrorists were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit JeM. They were wanted by law for their complicity in a series of terror crimes including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities.
According to the police records, both the killed terrorists AbidWagay and Shahjahan Mir were involved in the abduction and subsequent killings of civilians Firdous Ahmad of Batgund&Nissar Ahmad of Kapran and policeman Balwant Singh of Batgund last year in 2018. They were also involved in the killing of ladyKhusboo Jan at VielShopian earlier this year. Moreover both were also involved in killing of a civilian Tanveer Ahmad of Bemnipora at Kachdoora in Shopian. Both of them were also involved in arson and setting ablaze of Panchayat Ghars at Kanjiullar and Ramnagar.
As per the police records, Shahjahan was also involved in snatching of weapons and killing of four police personnel at ArhamaShopian near petrol pump last year in 2018. He was also involved in attack on Police Station Shopian in which one cop SaqibMohi-ud-Din had attained martyrdom and his rifle was snatched. He was involved in the abduction and killing of a young boy Huzaif Ashraf Kuttay resident of Manzgam D.H Pora.
Several terror crime cases were registered against both of them for planning and executing terror attacks on security establishments and killing of civilians in the area.
Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition was recovered from the site of encounter. All these materials have been taken in the case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other terror crime cases. Citizens are once again requested not to venture inside the encounter zone since such an area can prove dangerous due to stray explosive materials. People are requested to cooperate with police till the area is completely sanitised and cleared of all the explosives materials if any.

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