The News Craving
Newscraving Desk:
Srinagar,
Police on Wednesday claimed to have killed three militants including a top TRF commander in a gunfight at Rambagh area of Srinagar.
IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS that the militants were killed in the encounter with police this evening. He said that one of “three militants killed in gunfight” at Rambagh here has been identified as top commander of TRF, Mehran. Kumar said that police was “after him for a long time . Later in a statement police said, it acted on a specific information regarding the movement of militants . It said the militants were traveling in a car which was signaled to stop by the Naka party, but they opened fire on the Naka party which was retaliated, triggering an encounter. In the ensuing encounter three militants of TRF outfit were killed.
The killed militants were later on identified as Mehraan Yaseen Shalla son of Mohd Yaseen Shalla resident of Jamalata, Arafat Ahmad Sheikh son of Mohammed Maqbool Sheikh resident of Nikloora Litter Pulwama and Manzoor Ahmad Mir son of Late Sonaullah Mir resident of Babhar Pulwama. Arms and ammunition was recovered from the encounter site, it said.
The police said that as per records, Mehran Yaseen was involved in grenade attack at Barbar Shah Srinagar on 26/06/2021 as well as killing of a school Principal Supinder Kour and teacher Deepak Chand of Government Higher Secondary School, Khankah Noorbagh Sangam on 07/10/2021. It said several cases regarding his involvement in stone pelting incidents are also registered. The police further added that Arafat Ahmad was also involved in killing of a non-local labourer at Litter area of Pulwama on 16/10/2021 and Manzoor Ahmad was involved in transportation of foreign militants from South Kashmir to Central / North and Vice-Versa through his strong OGW network in order to strengthened LeT/TRF outfit in Kashmir valley .