Indian police kill two deserters in IHK

IG (Jammu Zone) Danish Rana said the encounter took place early today in which these two Special Police Officers (SPOs), who had deserted police force last month and joined militants, were eliminated.

Those killed in the encounter have been identified as Ghulam Nabi Mangnoo alias Maulvi code name Gulla Tailor and Raiz Ahmed, police said.

According to S N Acharya, PRO in Defence Department, the Army jawans, on the basis of secret information, launched a midnight operation in far off Doda belt.

“At 4 AM, both the militants were tracked down in Gadi Nullah”. Both the outlaws had stolen one Ak rifle with 60 bullets, one INSAS rifle with 70 bullets from the custody of police force on the nights of September 6 and 7, 2015 and joined terrorist camps.

Pointing out that an army personnel Lance Naik Govind Singh was also killed in the encounter, sources said that Army troops had laid ambush at a place near the LoC following tip off about likely infiltration by a group of terrorists from the side of Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

A police official told CNS that after receiving inputs about their presence in Bagwa Village, Government forces cordoned off the village and eliminated them during a brief encounter.

In the ensuing gun battle, two militants were killed in the wee hours on Thursday, DIG Police said, adding, the bodies have been recovered along with one AK rifle and an INSAS rifle with a few ammunition.