Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning gunned down Abu Hamza, a top commander of the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), after a fierce encounter with the militant. Hamza was in-charge of the outfit activities in the Baramulla district of the state.
Hamza was holed up inside a house in Amargarh village, along with one more militant. He was one of the most wanted militants in the state. He was believed to have been behind several attacks.
The encounter, which started yesterday, continued for over 18 hours.
No confrmation of the second militant’s fate was forthcoming and it could not be ascertained if he too died in the gun-battle or managed to flee.
A jawan of 52 Rashtriya Rifles was also killed in the gun-battle, while another jawan suffered injuries.
SSP Baramulla Anand Jain had earlier told local media that the state police and CRPF and Rashtriya Rifles jawans launched a combing and search operation in the area on Tuesday following a tip-off that militants could be hiding there.
The security forces managed to zero-in on a residential house, where the militants were hiding, Jain said. The militants refused to surrender on being asked to do so and opened fire, triggering an encounter, he added.
Reports said that the house belongs to one Mohammad Akbar Ganie.
In another encounter that also broke out on Tuesday at village Bakihara in Handrawa area of Kupwara district, an unidentified militant was killed while two security men were injured today, sources said.
The operation is still continuing.
Hamza was holed up inside a house in Amargarh village, along with one more militant. He was one of the most wanted militants in the state. He was believed to have been behind several attacks.
The encounter, which started yesterday, continued for over 18 hours.
No confrmation of the second militant’s fate was forthcoming and it could not be ascertained if he too died in the gun-battle or managed to flee.
A jawan of 52 Rashtriya Rifles was also killed in the gun-battle, while another jawan suffered injuries.
SSP Baramulla Anand Jain had earlier told local media that the state police and CRPF and Rashtriya Rifles jawans launched a combing and search operation in the area on Tuesday following a tip-off that militants could be hiding there.
The security forces managed to zero-in on a residential house, where the militants were hiding, Jain said. The militants refused to surrender on being asked to do so and opened fire, triggering an encounter, he added.
Reports said that the house belongs to one Mohammad Akbar Ganie.
In another encounter that also broke out on Tuesday at village Bakihara in Handrawa area of Kupwara district, an unidentified militant was killed while two security men were injured today, sources said.
The operation is still continuing.
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