Militant escaped last month from South Kashmir village killed in same hamlet – ‘Kashmir News Trust #KNT
‘Kashmir News Trust #KNT
A militant was killed in Baskuchan village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday.
Baskuchan is the same village where as per reports the same slain militant had escaped after a fire-fight with joint forces on 6 September last month.
The militant killed in today’s encounter has been identified as Naseer Ahmed Bhat, a resident of Nowpora Baskuchan hamlet of Shopian.
ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar informed that the slain militant was involved in several militancy-related incidents and had recently escaped from an encounter.
He said that incriminating material, arms, and ammunition including an AK-47 rifle were recovered from the encounter site.
This was the first encounter of this month. Last month 14 militants were killed in 10 encounters across Kashmir Valley. (KNT)
