3 terrorists killed, 1 CRPF personnel martyred in an encounter in Srinagar

On January 31, three Pakistani terrorists were killed in an encounter at Nagrota, on the outskirts of Jammu after a police team was randomly checking a vehicle near a toll post.

Srinagar: Three terrorists were killed and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel was martyred in an encounter at Lalepora near Narbal chowk, Srinagar on Wednesday morning. All three were on a scooter and fired at troops of the 73 Battalion of CRPF who were on their Naka duty at around 5 am on Wednesday. The alert personnel of CRPF promptly took positions and retaliated, leading to on the spot neutralisation of two of them. The third succumbed to his injuries while taking treatment in the hospital.

Arms/ammunition and grenades carried by the terrorists were recovered from the spot.

In the process, CRPF lost one of its brave hearts, Constable GD Ramesh Ranjan, aged 30 years who hails from Ara in Bihar, received a bullet injury on the head and attained martyrdom.
He contributed to the elimination of hardcore terrorists. The jawan fought valiantly before making supreme sacrifice at the altar of duty. CRPF is proud of its valiant soldier and deeply grieves the loss of one of our ‘family members’ and firmly stands with the martyr’s near and dear ones in this hour of extreme grief.

Director-General of Jammu & Kashmir Police, Dilbagh Singh said, "Militants belonging to different outfits in Kashmir are jointly carrying out attacks on the security forces."

Citing Wednesday morning encounter, Singh said the three militants who were killed have been identified as Zia ul Rehman belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Khateeb belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen and Fayaz Umar who later succumbed to his injuries belonged to JKIS.

"Three people were riding a scooter, the person sitting in the rear got down and resorted to firing, one CRPF man was hit in the head but he fired back," Zulfikar Hassan, Additional DG CRPF said.

Dilbagh Singh said there was a heavy rush on the highway but security forces maintained great caution to ensure there was no collateral damage.

Singh said this year many successful anti-militancy operations were carried out and many militant modules were busted.

"20 militants have so far been killed this year, he said.


On January 31, three Pakistani terrorists were also killed in an encounter at Nagrota, on the outskirts of Jammu after a police team was randomly checking a vehicle near a toll post.