Srinagar 10 April(KNB): A Militant involved in the recent attack on a CRPF personnel in Maisuma area of Srinagar was killed in an gunfight in Bishamber Nagar area of Srinagar district, police said.
According to reports reached to news agency KNB, one unidentified militant was killed and another is still trapped in Bishamber Nagar area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar
district.
“The slain was involved in the recent attack on the CRPF in Maisuma area of the city on April 4 in which a trooper of the force was killed and another was injured,” said Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar.
“One of the #terrorists involved in recent #terror attack on CRPF Personnel, killed in #Srinagar encounter and other is trapped. #Encounter is going on,” the IGP said on Twitter.
Earlier, Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Bishember Nagar area of Srinagar after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said.
As the forces were conducting the searches in the area, the militants fired upon them.
The security forces retaliated, resulting in an encounter in which the militant was killed, the official said.(KNB)