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“He wanted to do something for His People”- Showkat had Joined Militancy in 2010

“He wanted to do something for His People”- Showkat had Joined Militancy in 2010

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May 19 Gunshots jangled in the Panzgam area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district around 1:40 am on Saturday, the news soon spread, Showkat Ahmed Dar, a local Militant from the area had been killed, the firing stopped for many hours, however soon, gunshots reverberated in the area again, two more Militants were killed. Locals say that Showkat had come to meet his ailing mother and his old age father at his house in Panzgam, before he could meet them, he was shot dead along with his associate, however another associate of his Muzaffar Sheikh of Tahab area in Pulwama managed his way into a house. The Jammu Kashmir Police said that the encounter broke out in Panzgam village after a joint team of army’s 55 RR and SOG launched a cordon-and-search operation following inputs ...