J&K, 28/4:Two local militants affiliated with Al-Badr outfit, who were involved in the recent attacks on migrant labourers, were killed in a pre-dawn encounter with security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday.
“#PulwamaEncounterUpdate: Both killed terrorists identified as local terrorists namely Aijaz Hafiz & Shahid Ayub, of Al-Badr outfit. 02 AK rifles recovered. They had been involved in a series of attacks on outside labourers in Pulwama in the month of March-April 2022: IGP Kashmir (sic),” Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.
Reports said the encounter erupted after a joint team of J&K police, Army and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Mitrigam area of Pulwama, 32 km from here, following a tip-off about the presence of militants in the area.
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