Two militants with links to Lashkar-e-Taiba's The Reisistance Front were killed by the Srinagar Police following an encounter in the state capital.
One of them has been identified as Ikhlaq Hajam, who was involved in the recent killing of head constable Ali Muhammad Ganie in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Kashmir's inspector general of police Vijay Kumar confirmed the deaths and said that incriminating material including two pistols were recovered from the site of the encounter that took place overnight.
#SrinagarEncounterUpdate: 02 #terrorists of terror outfit LeT/TRF #neutralised by Srinagar Police. One of the killed terrorists Ikhlaq Hajam was involved in recent killing of HC Ali Mohd at Hassanpora Anantnag. Incriminating materials including 02 pistols recovered: IGP Kashmir https://t.co/9vktIRpcJM
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) February 5, 2022
Acting on specific inputs about the presence of militants in the Zakura locality of the city, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there during the night, a police official said.
He said as the forces were conducting searches in the area, the hiding militants fired upon them.
Kashmir Zone Police tweeted about the encounter at 5.35am.
A gun fight is said to have broken out between militants and security forces in Srinagar's Zakura.
Ganie was shot dead on January 29 near his residence. Earlier in the week, militants had also opened fire on another policeman in Shopian district. The officer was grievously injured in the attack.
