The two militants killedin a gunfight with the security forces in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwamadistrict on Friday were affiliated with Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), police saidtoday.
A police spokesmanidentified the slain as Yawar Ahmad Najar of Darganie Gund Tral. “From theincriminating materials recovered from the site of encounter the other militanthas been identified as foreigner codenamed Umar from Pakistan,” he said.
Both the slain, as perpolice records, were affiliated with proscribed outfit JeM and were wanted bylaw for their complicity in attack on security establishments and civilianatrocities, said the spokesman.
“As per the recordsavailable with police, they were involved in series of attacks in Tral andAwantipora area including killing of civilian at Reshipora Tral on 18 March2019, firing on Security Forces at Zaji Kurd Lalpora forests on 07 April 2019,attack on Security Forces at Sofigund Forest on 09 April 2019, attack oncivilian at Nowpora Awantipora on 29 March 2019, IED explosion at Amlar Tralroad during the intervening night of 02/03 March 2019.”
Incriminating materialincluding arms & ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter. Allthese materials have been taken into case records for further investigation andto probe their complicity in other crimes, he said.