Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 28: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar said that a hybrid militant who was among those involved in the killing of labourers was shot dead in a brief shootout at Cherdari area in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district today.
He identified the militant as Javed Ahmad Wani of Kulgam district. “He has assisted terrorist Gulzar who was killed on 20th Oct in the killing of 2 labourers from Bihar in Wanpoh. He was on a mission to target one shopkeeper in Baramulla”, he said.
Police said that militants fired on and police deployment in Cherdari, Baramulla and alert parties retaliated and killed one militant.
One pistol and loaded magazine and one Pak grenade was recovered from his possession.
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