Srinagar: The security establishment has finally declared the “operation EDI” over at Sempora, Pampore.
Two dead bides have been recovered from debris of the hostel building by the armed forces. The “encounter” started around 6 in the morning on October 10 and was closed after almost 56 hours.
It was second such gun battle which rattled the 30-kanal EDI premises on Srinagar-Jammu highway.
“Two militants have been killed,” Srinagar based defence spokesperson, Rajesh Kalia told.
“We have recovered two rifles from the encounter site,” Kalia said and hung the call. The defence spokesperson did not reveal the identity of the body.
An official at EDI said, “the forces have recovered two dead bodies.” He said that the counter-insurgent forces are sanitizing the seven-storey-seventy-room building.
The personnel of police, CRPF and Rashtriya Rifles were involved in the operation. Elite para-troopers were called and choppers were
Earlier, police spokesperson had told that they recovered two dead bodies and the identity of these two dead bodies was being ascertained.
In February 2016, the encounter lasted for 48 hours which resulted in the death of an EDI staffer, three army men and three suspected militants. Two top floors of front building in thirty kanals-EDI premises were destroyed and they were under reconstruction.
The EDI had shifted its work station to the same hostel building which was destroyed today as army fired over 100 rockets, several KGs of IED and countless grenades and other ammunition.