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Terrorist involved in civilian killings gunned down in Pulwama

October 15, 2021 22:14 IST

A terrorist involved in the recent civilian killings in Srinagar was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, police said.

 

IMAGE: Security forces in action during an encounter in Bemina area of Srinagar on Friday. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com

Security forces received information about the presence of terrorists in the Wahibug area of Pulwama, following which a cordon and search operation there, they said.

Police said the search operation turned into an encounter in which one militant was killed.

'One #terrorist of #Srinagar City involved in recent civilian killing, neutralised in #Pulwama #encounter,' Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar tweeted.

The gunned down ultra was identified as Shahid Bashir Sheikh, a resident of Srinagar, police said.

They said one AK-47 rifle, along with ammunition, was recovered from the site of the encounter.

'He (Sheikh) was involved in the killing of a civilian, Mohammad Shafi Dar -- an employee of Power Development Department, on 2/10/21. An AK-47 rifle was used in that killing,' police said.

Meanwhile, another encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Bemina area of Srinagar on Friday evening, a police spokesman.

Further details are awaited, he added.

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