Terror strike foiled in Kashmir; 3 Lashker men gunned down

SRINAGAR:

Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF personnel foiled a possible terror strike killing three Lashker-e-taiba militants on the outskirts of the city on Saturday morning after a four-hour-long operation, officials said. Four security personnel were injured in the gunfight but all of them are stated to be stable. The militants, according to the police, were planning to carry out the strike ahead May 7, when government offices were to reopen in Srinagar after shifting from Jammu, the winter capital of the Indian northern state.

The operation was launched in the wee hours at Chattabal, in the outskirts of the city, when personnel of Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state police and Quick Action Team (QAT) of the Central Reserve Police Force cordoned off an under-construction building in the area following an input that three militants were holed up inside the premises.“our first aim was to ensure that civilians around the area were safe and after ensuring that, police and CRPF personnel moved into the building and were fired upon by the terrorists holed up there,” Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Range) Swayam Prakash Pani said here after the operation.

The gunfire was effectively replied and in the ensuing operations, all the three militants were killed, he said, adding four security personnel were injured in the incident. All of them are were stable now.