Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that a former Special Police Officer (SPO) was among the two militants killed in a gunfight with the government forces in Panzan village of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
A police spokesman identified the two slain militants as Sheeraz Ahmad Bhat resident of Kralwari Chadoora and Irfan Ahmad Dar resident of Kakapora Pulwama. Both were affiliated with Hizb ul Mujahideen militant outfit, he said.
“Irfan Ahmad Dar was working as SPO and had deserted a couple of months ago,” he said.
The spokesman said that the militants fired on a search party from a nearby mosque and subsequently the area was taken into cordon.
“The local Auqaf Committee was engaged to convince the militants to come out. Security forces also appealed the militants to come out. However, the militants turned down the offer and consequently the operation had to be carried out in a deliberate manner keeping intact the sanctity of the mosque,” said the spokesman.
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