SRINAGAR
Four more militants were killed in stepped up anti-militancy operations in Kashmir on Tuesday, taking the toll to 11 in the past three days, as the annual Amarnath yatra draws near. Also, five residential houses were attached in capital Srinagar for allegedly harbouring militants.
The police said two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were encircled and engaged in an overnight gunfight in Tujjan village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama. “Both (trapped militants) were killed on Tuesday morning. One slain militant, Majid Nazir Wani from Banpora Ladoo in Pulwama’s Pampore, was involved in the recent killing of sub-inspector Farooq Ahmad. A few persons were questioned after the SI’s killing and they disclosed that Wani was behind it,” Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Pulwama, Ghuman Jeelani said.
