Srinagar, Dec 08 (KNS): Two unidentified militants have been killed, while two CRPF men and two civilians were injured in a brief shootout in Sempora in Pampore on Srinagar-Jammu Highway Tuesday evening.
PRO CRPF spokesman Ashish Kumar Jha told KNS that CRPF, police and SOG had laid a cordon along the highway near Pampore following inputs about the movements of militants.
“We had inputs about the movements of the militants. This evening two militants fired from a car toward CRPF near JKEDI. A shootout ensued in which two LeT militants were killed,” Jha told KNS.
A police spokesman said the identity of the two militants is being ascertained.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The militants were travelling in a Tata Mobile vehicle when they were intercepted by security forces at the spot, he said.
Jha said that two CRPF constables, identified as Parvinder Kumar and Mohammad Iqbal Lone, of 23 Battalion were injured.
The civilians were identified as Riyaz Ahmad Dar of Ratnipora, Pulwama and a tourist woman, Ashiya from Patna.
Dar, who has received injuries in his head, was driving his Tourist cab JK13C- 7100 (Etios) and the tourist couple were traveling in his car, Dar’s relatives said. (KNS)