The News Craving
Staff Report
One militant was killed in a gunfight with government forces at Shallmar garden and another in a close by vicinity today, police said.
Police said at the Shalimar garden a top Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Muhammad Saleem Parray was killed. IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, told reporters that police cornered Saleem Paray and he opened fire and was killed in the retaliatory firing.Earlier police said an unidentified militant has been killed in Gasu area of Shalimar in outskirts of Srinagar district on Monday.
It later said that in the second encounter the militant identified as Hafiz @ Hamza of Pakistan who was involved in killing of 2 policemen in Bandipora and had shifted to Harwan area of Srinagar was killed in the gunfight.
Meanwhile, a CRPF trooper shot himself dead inside the camp in Karan Nagar Srinagar.
As per reports a CRPF Head Constable used his service rifle and shot himself dead.