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Srinagar: Two local terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces on Tuesday in the Pulwama district, police said.
The encounter broke out at Rajpora in the Awantipora area of Pulwama district late on Monday night after security forces launched an anti-militancy operation, a police official said.
Two local terrorists were killed in the gun battle. Two AK rifles and incriminating material were seized from the scene of the encounter, he said.
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said the slain duo were involved in killing civilians, including a government employee.
“Killed terrorists identified as Shahid Rather of Tral and Umar Yousuf of Shopian. Besides other terror crimes, terrorist Shahid was involved in the killing of a woman Mst Shakeela of Aripal and a govt employee/peon Javid Ahmed of Lurgam Tral,” the IGP Kashmir tweeted.
In this regard, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and investigation has been initiated. People were requested to cooperate with Police till the area at encounter site is completely sanitized and cleared of all the explosive materials, if any, a police spokesperson said.