6 Jaish-e-Mohammad ultras, jawan die in two encounters in J&K
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, December 30
Security forces killed six Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including two Pakistani nationals involved in the December 13 attack on a police bus on the outskirts of the city, in twin encounters in south Kashmir that also left an Army jawan dead, officials in the J&K Police said today.
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The officials said three of them were killed in an overnight encounter in Anantnag district of J&K, while three others died in the gunfight that took place in Kulgam district on Wednesday evening. Two jawans and a policeman were injured during the Anantnag operation, they added.
The encounters took place after the forces launched cordon and search operations in the Nowgam Shahabad area of Anantnag district and Mirhama area of Kulgam — both in south Kashmir — after specific inputs about the presence of militants in these areas on Wednesday evening.
“In the last five days, security forces have carried out multiple operations across the Valley resulting in 11 hardcore terrorists being neutralised,” General officer Commanding of Army’s 15 Corps Lt Gen DP Pandey said.
The GoC was addressing a press conference along with IGP Vijay Kumar at Qazigund in Anantnag district. He said during the operation Sepoy Jasbir Singh lost his life. “As the operation was conducted in a heavily built-up area, two Army and one JKP personnel suffered gunshot wounds while evacuating civilians,” the GoC said.
The IGP, Kashmir, said the JeM group was involved in the December 13 attack on a police bus on the outskirts of Srinagar in which three policemen were killed.
