Mobile Internet has been snapped as a precautionary measure in Srinagar and the frisking of vehicles have been stepped up.
Three local militants were killed in a fierce gunfight in J&K’s summer capital Srinagar in a congested locality of Zadibal on Sunday.
“All the three terrorists killed were locals. They were involved in the killing of two BSF personnel on May 20 (on the outskirts of Srinagar) this year,” Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said.
The militants have not been identified by the police so far.
These militants were trapped during a mid-night search operation in Pazwalpora-Gilli Kadal of Zadibal, following a specific tip-off.
IGP Kumar said the parents of the trapped militants as well as locals were roped in to appeal to the hiding militants to surrender for around two hours. “However, they refused to surrender,” IGP Kumar said.
Mobile Internet has been snapped as a precautionary measure in Srinagar and the frisking of vehicles have been stepped up.
It’s second such encounter in Srinagar since May, in which top Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’ Junaid Sahrai was among three militants killed.
Around 106 militants, including the entire top leadership, have been killed so far this year in Kashmir, with most of them as locals, according to official figures.
With inputs from The Hindu