Uri: Three militants including an army trooper were killed in a day-long encounter in frontier Kalgi village of Uri tehsil. The encounter had triggered between forces and militants Sunday morning after army laid cordon in the area.
According to reports, three militants were killed and their bodies have been recovered while four civilians and one army trooper were also injured during the gunfight.
“All the three slain militants were foreigners. The encounter has ended. Two houses were also damaged,” SDPO Uri, Javaid Ahmed told KNS.
As per initial reports, at least 3-4 militants were believed to be stuck in the region. The encounter came after security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Uri near the Line of Control (LOC).
An army official said, “Security personnel laid a cordon and started a search operation in the Kalgai area of Uri this morning following information about the presence of militants there.”
Srinagar based Army PRO Col Rajesh Kalia didn’t respond to repeated phone calls.
Police version: Yesterday at about 2100 hours some civilians informed police about suspicious movement of some non local terrorists who were heavily armed in Kalgi area of Salamabad, Uri.
After receiving this information, a joint search operation was launched by Army, Police and CRPF in the area. During night hours, it was found that one of the terrorists had forcibly entered into a civilian home and had taken the family members as hostage.
In the early morning the civilians were rescued and the terrorist was eliminated. Hunt for two other terrorists was launched and one terrorist was found to had taken refuge in a local mosque. Therefore keeping in view the sanctity of the mosque a J&K Police team entered into the mosque and without causing any harm to mosque eliminated this terrorist as well. The third terrorist was also killed later on.
With killing of all the three terrorists who appear to be Pakistanis, a major terrorist attack was averted. The group has recently infiltrated from Pakistani side of LOC.
03 AK series rifles, 10 AK Magzines, 10 Grenades, 01 UBGL and other war like stores were recovered from their possession .
