Srinagar, Feb 13: A CRPF jawan was martyred and two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, who were
holed up in a building near battalion headquarters of CRPF in Karan Nagar area
of Srinagar, were killed in more than 27 hour-long encounter with security
forces.
The martyred jawan was identified as Mujahid
Khan. The encounter ensued after alert sentry foiled a fidayeen attack on their
camp early on Monday.
'Both the militants have been killed. The
operation to sanitise the area is still going,' official sources told on
Tuesday.
They said that with the first light, security
forces launched an assault on the building where the militants were holed up
for the past 24 hours.
They said security forces used UBGL and mortars
besides explosives to blast the concrete under construction building as
militants were often changing their position from one room to another.
Intermittent firing could be heard during the night.
A resident said that firing started at 0615 hrs.
'We also could hear loud explosion near the site of encounter,' he said.
A group of two militants made an unsuccessful
attempt to enter the battalion headquarters of CRPF when they were challenged
by an alert sentry on the main gate. However, the militants managed to escape and
entered a nearby building, a senior CRPF officer said. The area was immediately
cordoned off after additional security forces and Special Operation Group (SOG)
of Jammu and Kashmir police were rushed from different areas.
The contact was established with the militants
holed up in the building at 0930 hrs on Monday when security forces opened
fire.
The entire area has been cordoned off. All
roads, in the area have been closed for any traffic or pedestrian movement. The
main road to downtown, including SMHS hospital from civil lines, has been
closed for any traffic. Vehicles are being directed to take alternative routes,
including Qamarwari and Khanyar areas.
On Monday, security forces had to burst teargas
shells to disperse large number of people who had gathered near the encounter
site.
This was the first encounter after a top
militant of Naveed Jatt alias Abu Hanzala of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) escaped from
SMHS hospital in the Karan Nagar area, where he was brought for treatment from
Central Jail, Srinagar on February 7 after two police personnel, escorting the
detainees, were killed.
However, police later arrested two militants and
as many Over Ground Workers (OGWs) who helped Naveed to escape. A day later, Rs
35 lakh were looted from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of State Bank of
India (SBI) in the area. UNI
Srinagar, June 27 : Security forces have arrested four overground workers of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit from Sopore area of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said today. 
