Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 5: Militants today slipped out of cordon during an encounter in Baskuchan area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
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A joint team of police and Army launched a cordon and search operation in village Baskuchan today.
As the security forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the security forces, triggering a gunfight.
However, militants managed to escape from the cordon but the searches were on.
Police today said that the brother of a Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammad militant outfit was killed by a rival militant group in Shopian district of South Kashmir.
A police spokesman said here that they recovered dead body of one Manzoor Ahmad Nengroo son of Ghulam Ahmad Nengroo resident of Hanjin Bala Rajpora Pulwama today from Narpora village in Shopian.
“The preliminary investigation revealed that yesterday evening the deceased who was Waza (Cook) by profession along with two more associates including an elderly man were returning from their work in an Auto after conclusion of a function at Chraripora area of Budgam. Enroute one more person (a baker by profession) also boarded in the Auto. The militants waiting in a Tata Mobile at Aglar intercepted the Auto and forcibly abducted all the four persons. The elderly man was released after travelling a distance of 2 Kms (approx) followed by release of other two near Kellar. However, deceased Manzoor Ahmad was taken along by the abductors. Today, his bullet riddled body was recovered in the orchards of village Narpora Shopian,” he said.
The spokesman said that during the investigation, it was found that the killing is handiwork of militants due to group rivalry between them.
It is pertinent to mention here that one of the deceased’s brother Ashiq Nengroo is a militant of JeM outfit and presently in Pakistan. His second brother, Abbas Nengroo was an active militant who got killed in an encounter in 2014 in Pulwama while as his third brother militant Reyaz Negroo is lodged in prison for his involvement in Jammu attack case who used to ferry militants from Jammu to Kashmir valley through his owned trucks. Moreover, one of his truck carrying three militants was intercepted at Jhajjar Kotli, Jammu and all the three militants were killed in an encounter on spot.
Meanwhile, militants this evening fired upon SOG camp situated in Imam Sahib area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Police said that militants fired some rounds of bullets towards SOG Camp Imam Sahib. However, in this incident no loss of life or injury was reported.
Taking advantage of darkness militants managed to escape from the spot.
Soon after the attack whole area was cordoned off to nab the attackers.
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