
SNS KASHMIR
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 21:
Two days after a militant attack in Srinagar’s Baghat area of Barzulla in which two policemen were killed, Inspector General of Kashmir Police has directed the relocation of permanent bunkers and deployment of snipers on high-rise buildings in the area.
“IG Kashmir has directed increased security deployment at all vital locations, snipers to be placed on high-rise buildings, relocating permanent bunkers and anti-militants operations to be enhanced,” said sources.
Jammu and Kashmir Police had said the preliminary investigation on the basis of CCTV footage and other evidence indicates the involvement of two militants in the attack in Srinagar’s Baghat area of Barzulla on February 19 in which two policemen were killed. One of them has been identified as Saqib, a local militant, and another as a foreign militant, affiliated with proscribed militant outfit LeT. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the militants.
In another encounter on February 19, three militant associates affiliated were also killed in the Badigam area of the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.
On the same day, one police personnel of Jammu and Kashmir lost his life and one another was injured in an encounter that broke out between the security forces and militants in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. (ANI)