Two militants belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were killed by security forces during a gunfight in Tikin village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district a day after a jaish-e-Muhammad cadre was killed in a separate encounter in the same district’s Tral quarter.
Reports said thousands of people participated in the last rites of the slain militants who were locals. They have been identified as Liyaqat Wani and Wajid Ahmed of Pulwama areas.
Sources said that police and security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Tikin village of Pulwama district based on inputs about the presence of militants in the area.
They said as the forces zeroed in on the suspected place, the militants inside fired upon the forces triggering an encounter. In the ensuing encounter, two militants were killed whose bodies were retrieved from the encounter site after the gunfire stopped. Arms and ammunition was also recovered.
The mobile internet services remained snapped in Pulwama town and adjoining areas. The situation in the town was reported tense and affected normal life in the town and adjoining areas.
The Hizb militants were gunned down a day after one Pakistani Jaish cadre was killed during an encounter at Dar Ganaigund village of Tral sub-district. Normal life was crippled in Tral area due to a spontaneous shutdown.