On Wednesday a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant was killed and an army officer injured in a fierce gun battle between militants and police and security forces at Dadasar in Tral in south Kashmir.
Police said a joint team of police and army launched a cordon-and-search operation in Dadsar village in the morning.
The cops and security men moved towards a house belonging to Gulam Mohammad Mir. They found a militant hiding there. He was asked to surrender but he refused. This led to an encounter and continued for some time. The house was extensively damaged in the encounter.
Later body of the militant was recovered from the debris. Police identified him as JeM’s Shabir Ahmad Khan of Ladiyar-Tral. An army officer was injured in the encounter and his condition was stated to be stable.On Monday evening militants lobbed a hand grenade towards police men at Batamaloo here. Two cops and an engineer were injured. The engineer later succumbed to his injuries. On Monday evening the militants allegedly shot dead a contractor at Kreeri village in Baramulla district.
Published 02 March 2011, 11:39 IST