Kashmir: Handwara encounter ends, two LeT militants killed
Srinagar/UNI: The Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) launched by security forces on Thursday night in Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara, ended with the killing of two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a top commander.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said one of the two militants killed was a top LeT commander Naseer-u-din lone who was involved in the killing of three CRPF jawans at Sopore in Baramulla on April 18, 2020 and three CRPF jawans at Handwara on May 4, 2020.
The recovery included a rifle which was snatched by militants from a CRPF jawan.
The operation ended after both the militants were killed and arms and ammunition recovered, a police spokesperson said.
He said the CASO was launched last night after inputs about the presence of militants in an orchard at Ganipor, Kralgund in Handwara in the Kupwara district.
However, when the security forces were moving towards a particular area in the orchards, militants hiding there opened indiscriminate firing with automatic weapons, he said adding the fire was returned ensuing in an encounter.
He said two militants were killed in the encounter late in the night. Two AK rifles and other warlike stores have been recovered.
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