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Policeman , Militant Killed In Tral Encounter

Kashmir gunfight ends; three ultras, cop killed

01 JULY 2013

Three militants and a cop were killed while as a paramilitary trooper and a Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel sustained injuries in an encounter at Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday.

Brig Deepak Banerjee Commander Ist Sector RR, who was supervising the operation, said over telephone that following the specific information about the presence of militants army’s 42 RR, CRPF and SOG jointly cordoned off the Maldoora area of Tral in Pulwama.

“Soldiers challenged the suspects but they opened fire which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight,” he said, adding that the operation was done with the aim to prevent any collateral damage.

He claimed that during the operation, adequate chance was given to the militants to surrender despite the joint part coming under heavy volume of fire.

The encounter, according to the Brigadier, intensified in the morning. “The gunfight ended with killing of three militants, but searches are still on and we have not called off the operation yet,” he added.

He said that army has recovered the bodies and weapons and called the police. “We are also trying to ascertain the identity of slain militants.”

The official said that three AK 47 Rifles and some other ammunition were recovered from the slain militants.

Five forces’ personals were also injured in the gunfight, police sources said.

The first militant, who died battling armed forces, was identified as Shahnawaz Ahmad, while militants also shot dead a cop, who belonged to police’s counter-insurgency wing (SOG). The slain cop was identified as Mushtaq Ahmad.

The slain militant is the resident of Dadsara Tral.

Forces stepped up operation against the militants, who were holed up in a house.

The militants continued firing on the forces despite of offer for surrender. The armed forces, in order to eliminate militants who refused to surrender, raised the house to ground after blowing it.

The two militants were yet to be identified, but sources told kashmir Dispatch that they too are locals.

The injured forces men were shifted to hospital, where their condition is said to be ‘stable’. Among five of the injured personals, three were identified as Sub-Inspector Jaswant Singh, Manoj Kumar and Constable Manzoor Ahmad, police sources said.

Meanwhile, militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen said Shahnawaz belonged to HM and also claimed responsibility for killing SOG man in Tral. The spokesman of the outfit told local news gathering agency CNS over phone, “We also shot dead a SOG man.”

Kashmir gunfight ends; three ultras, cop killed - Kashmir Dispatch

South Kashmir Gunfight update

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Bodies of three militants were retrieved from the encounter site . The slain militants included Shabir Ahmad Bhat @ Adil of Hayna, Tral.Shabir was active in Tral area of Pulwama district since 2007 and was the District commander of Hizb outfit.
The other two militants have been identified as Shahnawaz Mir @ Tahir Khan of Dadsar Tral and Aijaz Laway @ Majid of Lurgam, Tral. Both of them had joined hizb in 2011.
 
rot in hell scumbag terrorists of kashmir ,rip peace kashmir police
 
lols 2 terrorist had joined terrorist outfit in 2011. Seems Indian cops forcefully retired them very early along with lots of gift shots.
 
Allah helped them, he wiped out three scums from the face of the earth.. Your wish is fulfilled.

why u indians r so feared of kashmir and ur indian army is bunch of cowards can fight two or three mujahids and is killing innocent civilians
 
eardrum tearing explosions going on in mandoora tral oH ALLAH HELP MUJAHIDS

If you support terrorists then you are no better than them. These terrorist scums attack Kashmiri police forces and then cry when they get bullets in their heads.
 
here in kashmir these r called freedom fighters .so shut ur mouth up
And here in Jammu and the state of J&K they are called Terrorist....................RIP to the brave policeman.................May Allah give strength to his family to overcome this grief..................
 
here in kashmir these r called freedom fighters .so shut ur mouth up

You give them what ever fancy name you want but fact remain the same that they are Pakistani backed terrorists and they are the reason Army has to stay put in Kashmir.
 
why u indians r so feared of kashmir and ur indian army is bunch of cowards can fight two or three mujahids and is killing innocent civilians

We are so afraid that we are controlling kashmir for the last 65 years .

Everybody know who are the cowards . These terrorists and their supporters does not have ball$ to engage directly because they know that if they do so they will get the same result as 71.
 
why u indians r so feared of kashmir and ur indian army is bunch of cowards can fight two or three mujahids and is killing innocent civilians

feared of terrorists?? We have killed more than 21 thousands of them in last 20 years. Hope we will kill 20 thousands more in next 20 years...lols
 
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