Meer Irfan
Four local LeT militant have been killed in the two encounters that broke out between militants and government forces at Drach area of south Kashmir’s district Shopian.
Officials told The Kashmiriyat that three militants were killed in the night long encounter in the Drach area of Shopian and one militant has been killed in the ongoing encounter in the same area.
They said that a joint team of RR of Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir police, CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the Drach area following a tip off about the movement of militants in the area.
The hiding militants fired upon the party, which was retaliated, they said.l
In the following exchange of gunfire, a local militant was killee. He was associated with Lashkar e Taiba, they said.
Earlier three local JeM militants were killed in a night long encounter in Drach area of Shopian district.
Meanwhile ADGP Kashmir said that militants slain killed in Drach were involved in killing of SPO Javed Dar and a labourer from West Bengal.