Hizb militant killed in Shopian gunfight: J-K Police

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SHOPIAN — A Hizbul Mujahideen militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight between the forces and militants in Nadigam space of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officers mentioned on Wednesday.

A senior police officer advised the information company—Kashmir Information Observer (CT) that an unidentified militant has been killed, whose identification is being ascertained whereas the operation is on within the space.

Earlier, an official mentioned {that a} joint group of Police, Military and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on particular details about the presence of militants within the space.

He mentioned that because the joint group of forces approached in direction of the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them, which was retaliated, triggering a gunfight.

A police spokesman in a press release to CT mentioned that primarily based on a particular enter generated by Shopian Police concerning presence of militants in village Nadigam space of Shopian, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police, Military and 178Bn CRPF within the space.

“In the course of the search operation, because the joint search occasion proceeded in direction of the suspected spot, the hiding militant fired indiscriminately upon the joint search occasion which was retaliated successfully resulting in an encounter,” the spokesman mentioned.

He mentioned that within the ensuing encounter, one militant was killed and his physique was retrieved from the location of the encounter. “He has been recognized as Umar Ishfaq Malik alias Musa son of Ab Ahad Malik resident of Bongam, Shopian related to Hizbul Mujahideen,” the spokesman mentioned, including that the killed militant was a categorized militant and was lively since 2020.

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