Month: April 2021

Five out of the seven Militants Killed in the two encounters that raged in the Shopian and Tral areas of South Kashmir have been identified as Locals. An official told The Kashmiriyat that the five Militants have been identified as associates of Hizb ul Mujahideen and Ansar Ghazwat ul Hind, while two of them remain unidentified. Officials told The Kashmiriyat that 44 RR of Indian Army, 142 BN of CRPF, and Jammu Kashmir Police after receiving inputs about Militant presence in the Shopian town laid a cordon and search operation in the area on Thursday afternoon. While conducting the Search Operation, the holed-up Militants opened fire on the Forces, to which the forces retaliated, during the five Militants were killed. The holed-up Militants were asked to surrender but they refused....

Meer Irfan Five Militants have been killed in an ongoing encounter that raged between Government Forces and Militants in the Shopian town of south Kashmir. Earlier an official told The Kashmiriyat that Jammu Kashmir Police, 44 RR of Indian Army, and 142 Battalion of CRPF launched a joint search operation in the Jan Mohalla of Shopian town following specific inputs on Militant movement in the area. He said that the firing raged when the Militants opened fire upon the forces, to which the forces retaliated. During the exchange of gunfire, five unidentified militants have been killed. Meanwhile, internet services have been suspended in the Shopian district of South Kashmir. "Four Government force personnel have been injured at the site of the encounter, two of them have been sh...