Police, along with security forces on Sunday, claimed to have killed an unidentified militant in a gunfight in the Beshambar Nagar area of Srinagar.
#SrinagarEncounterUpdate: 01 #terrorist killed. #Operation going on. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/4MhamfLRfl
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) April 10, 2022
“#SrinagarEncounterUpdate: 01 #terrorist killed. #Operation going on. Further details shall follow,” a police spokesman said.
As per IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, the slain militant, was involved in killing a CRPF trooper in the Maisuma area of Srinagar on Monday, while the second is still trapped at the encounter site.
One of the #terrorists involved in recent #terror attack on CRPF Personnel, killed in #Srinagar encounter and other is trapped. #Encounter is going on: IGP Kashmir@JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) April 10, 2022
While police did not specify the location of the encounter, a news agency reported that the encounter broke out in the Beshambar Nagar area of the city this morning.