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Srinagar, Feb 11: Two militants of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed by police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and army in a joint operation at Palhalan Pattan in north Kashmir’s Varmul district today.
The police and troops cordoned the house of Abdul Khaliq at Palhalan Pattan in which the militants were hiding. Rejecting the surrender offer, the militants preferred to fight and engaged the soldiers in a gun-fight in which two militants were killed.
Police identified the killed militants as Zahoor Ahmad Ganie son of Ghulam Nabi Ganie of Chanderhama Pattan and Nazir Ahmad Parray of Ghousa Bugh.
During the encounter, four houses were damaged completely by troops’ shelling. A private school also suffered damage.
Police said the duo was active for last six years, police said.
After the cordon was lifted in the area, thousands of people took out a protest march and shouted pro-freedom, anti-army and anti-police slogans. The protestors were led by the activists of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat. Thousands later participated in the funeral prayers of the slain militants.
Meanwhile, troops and police cordoned off the areas of Hari Gandoon Kangan and Beighpora and conducted searches. The troops, according to a local news agency CNS asked people to come out of their houses despite chilling weather conditions.
Police and CRPF arrested a carpet-weaver Muhammad Afzal Sofi son of Ghulam Muhammad Sofi of Brar Bandipore from his house today. The family of Muhammad Afzal staged a sit-in outside the office of Deputy Commissioner Bandipore asking for the whereabouts of the detained person.
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