Srinagar: A newly recruited Jaish-e-Mohammad militant was killed in an encounter with joint team of police and army on Sunday, officials said.
“Based on a specific input generated by Police regarding presence of a (militant) in village Bargam area of Awantipora, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police, 42RR and 130Bn CRPF in the said area,” a police spokesperson said.
During the search operation, he said, as the presence of the (militant) was ascertained, he was given ample opportunities to surrender. However, he denied the surrender opportunities and fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated, leading to an encounter, the spokesman said.
“In the ensuing encounter, the trapped (militant) was killed and his body was retrieved from the site of encounter,” he said. The militant has been identified as Sameer Ahmad Tantray son of Ghulam Mohammad Tantray resident of Bargam Awantipora.
“As per police records, the killed (militant) was a categorized terrorist linked with JeM and was part of groups involved in several cases,” he said, adding, “Before joining (militant) folds he was working as a (militant) associate and involved in providing logistic support to the active (militants) in the area.” As per a police officer, Sameer had joined JeM outfit on 2nd November of this year and was under C- category,
The spokesperson was also involved in pasting threatening posters of the outfits in Awantipora and adjoining areas to threaten the law abiding citizens and keep them away from democratic activities, he said.
“Incriminating materials including arms & ammunition were recovered from his possession. All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation.”
