KNZ NEWS DESK
Srinagar, June 03 : The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday said that two militants were killed in a brief shootout in Shopian village in the wee hours on Monday.
In a statement Police said that during the preceding night, security forces at a checkpoint on Shopian Turkawangom Road at Mool Chitragam intercepted a Tavera vehicle.
However the militants boarding the vehicle opened fire from inside on security forces which was retaliated.
In the retaliation process one militant identified as Firdous Ahmad Bhat and an active associate Sajad Ahmad who was driving the vehicle got killed. Both of them were the residents of Kulgam. Moreover one militant taking advantage of darkness managed to flee from spot.
According to police records Firdous Bhat was a listed militant.
Bodies of both the militants have been handed over to their legal heirs after completion of medico-legal formalities.
Incriminating material including arms & ammunition were recovered from the spot. All these materials have been taken into case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other crimes.
Meanwhile, people in Kulgam have refuted the police allegations saying neither of two was a militant or OGW.
They say that Bhat was running a Madarsa and was in Shopian to collect donations.
They further said he was picked up by forces several times after one of this colleagues in Darululoom from Fatehpora Dilalgam Anantnag joined LeT and was killed later.(Agencies)
