During the operation, a cluster of houses were cordoned off and searches were started to locate the hiding terrorists. During the evacuation of civilians trapped around the suspect spot, two terrorists hiding in the nearby house came out and resorted to indiscriminate firing resulting in grievous injuries to one civilian identified as Shakeel Ahmad son of Abdul Rahim Khan resident of Amshipora, who was immediately evacuated for medical assistance. However he succumbed to his injuries and the terrorists’ fire was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter.
In the ensuing encounter, both the terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. They have been identified as Muzamil Ahmad Mir son of Ab Hameed Mir resident of Chatripora and Shariq Ayoub son of Mohd Ayoub Wagay resident of Bonpora, Amshipora Shopian.
As per police records, both the killed terrorists were categorized and linked with proscribed terror outfit LeT. Both the killed terrorists were part of groups involved in several terror crime cases.
Incriminating materials, arms & ammunition including 01 AK-56 rifle, 02 AK Magazines, 01 Chinese Pistol, 01 Pistol Magazine and 26 AK rounds were recovered from the site of encounter. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation.
Police have registered a case under relevant sections of law and investigation has been initiated. People are requested to cooperate with Police till the area at encounter site is completely sanitized and cleared of all the explosive materials, if any.
