SRINAGAR: In the encounter that started slightly past midnight, police said two militants have been killed. The encounter broke out at Alshipora in Shopian at arund 2 am.
“#ShopianEncounterUpdate: Killed #terrorists have been identified as Morifat Maqbool & Jazim Farooq @ Abrar of #terror outfit LeT,” the polce said on Twitter (X). “#Terrorist Abrar was involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit late Sanjay Sharma: ADGP Kashmir.”
The details of the encounter are not yet fully avilable.
Sanjay Sharma, a Kashmiri Pandit, it may be recalled here, was killed in a militant shootout at his home in Achan (Pulwama) in February. This led the family to migrate for the frst time since 1989. The SIA is investigating the SAnjay Sharma murder case.
(Photograph used in the news story is mere representatinal)
