Srinagar, Aug 30: Two militants of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit and a civialian have been killed and five BSF personnel injured in an encounter in downtown Srinagar. The encounter is still continuing but according to reports coming in, the security forces are preparing for a final assault. The encounter broke out when militants hiding in a house at Noorbagh-Qammerwari area opened fire on the BSF troops at around 0330 hours, the spokesman said.
Acting on specific information, BSF personnel of 61 Battalion raided the house. The hiding militants opened fire resulting in injuries to the BSF personnel, including Officiating Commandant N N Duby, the spokesman added. In retaliatory action, three militants were killed, he said, adding the injured BSF personnel were rushed to the Army Base Hospital and were out of danger.
The bodies of the killed militants could not be retrieved as two more militants were still engaged in exchange of fire, he added. The owner of the house, Mohammad Shafi Dar, was also injured in the firing and has been admitted to a hospital. Other inmates of the house - two women and four children - were rescued from the premises, the spokesman said. Bureau Report