Monday, September 30, 2024
Jammu and Kashmir

Sopore gunbattle ends with death of two militants

A 26-hour-long gunbattle in Sopore town of North Kashmir ended with the killing of two militants, police said on Sunday.

Police sources told IBNS that in the encounter two top militants of the banned
Harkut-ul- Mujahideen (HuM) were killed.

They were Kalimula alias Shamsher, a divisional commander of HuM, and Waseem Ganaie of Chinkipora, Sopore.

They were active in North Kashmir for long and involved in various attacks on the security forces.

The forces had challenged them after specific information about the presence of militants.
Sopore Police, 22 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) fought the militants.

Neyaz Elahi

I am Neyaz Elahi from Srinagar Kashmir, done my post graduation from Kashmir University and have been in the field of journalism from last 5 years working as a reporter in a local news agency though i some times handles the camera as well. Before joining the print media i had been working as a reporter cum cameraman in a local tv channels. I file stories for Kolkotta based news portal, India Blooms News Service (IBNS) as well and some times on demand i deliver photographs to a French based News Agency. You can contact me on 9797875005 or simply mail me at neyazelahi@gmail.com

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