SRINAGAR, SEP 13 : At least Three Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Militants were killed and eight security personnel, including a DSP, were injured Thursday in an encounter in Reasi district, police said.
Police said that the search for the escaped militants took place for the second day. Adding that the during a cordon and search operation zeroed in on a location near a house in the district’s Kakriyal area, and trapped the militants.
“The encounter broke out as the security forces, comprising CRPF, police and Army personnel, closed in on the militants, they said. Security forces used drones and choppers in the operation, which was launched Wednesday to track three JeM militants”, police officials said.
Three of the militants were killed and eight security personnel, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mohan Lal, were injured. They were hospitalised, police said.
Five CRPF personnel and three policemen were injured during the operation, they said. They were admitted to the Narayana hospital in Katra. The cordon and search operation to track down the JeM militantss was launched in the Jhajjar Kotli forest belts in Jammu and Reasi district Wednesday, the officials said.
Earlier in the early hours on Wednesday, suspected militants opened fire from a truck near the Jhajar Kotli police check-post on the Jammu-Srinagar highway and fled from the spot. A CRPF person and a forest guard were injured in the attack. A high alert was issued in Katra after the incident that took place at around 8 am. The militantss escaped the scene after launching the attack.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police said that at least 3-4 militants had escaped on Wednesday. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the militants had entered into the area in a truck coming from the Kashmir side and is believed to have escaped towards Jammu. “During a routine checking at a `naka` (check-post) near the Jhajar Kotli police station, one gunman fired at the paramilitary trooper and fled into a lane nearby. (Agencies)
