Jehangir Ganaie
Anantnag: A policeman abducted by militants was rescued while two militants were killed and a policeman was injured at in a brief shootout at Arwani area of Bijbehera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said today evening.
A police official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that two militants who were traveling along with an abducted policeman, were stopped near a naka laid by the police and the army at Kharpora, Arwani in Bijbehera area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “The militants, however, fired at the police naka and tried to flee. They were killed in a brief shootout while as the abducted cop was rescued,” he said, requesting anonymity.
In the exchange of firing, a policeman also sustained an injury and was removed to nearby medical facilities for treatment.
Sources in the police told KNO that the two slain had recently joined militancy and were affiliated with the Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit. It may be recalled that earlier, a policeman constable Sartaj Ahmed Itoo of Sheerpora area of Yaripora, Kulgam district of South Kashmir was abducted by the militants.
Acting on a tip-off that the militants along with the abducted cop were traveling in a vehicle, a joint Naka was laid where militants opened fire when they were signaled to stop. “This triggered a brief shootout in which two militants were killed. Their identity is being ascertained,” he said—(KNO)
