Officials said two militants were killed in the forest area of Nagberan Tarsar in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, including a “top most” Jash-e-Mohammad militant and a “IED expert.”
“Top most Pakistani (militant) affiliated with JeM Lamboo killed in today’s encounter. Identification of second (militant) is being ascertained,” police said in a tweet.
“IGP Kashmir congratulates the Army and Awantipora Police,” police added.
IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar told the media that Lamboo was involved in a number of cases. “He was an expert in IEDs, and we had been looking for him for a long time,” he added.
After a joint team of police and army launched a cordon and search operation in the area between Namibian and Marsar, the general area or Dachigam forest, which is under the jurisdiction of police station Khrew in Pulwama district, the encounter occurred.
The Chenab Times News Desk