Three Hizbul Militants shot dead

Srinagar, Oct 26 (PTI) In a pre-dawn operation,
security forces Monday shot dead three Hizbul Mujahideen
militants, including two most wanted self-styled commanders,
in Shopian district of India's northernmost state of Jammu and
Kashmir.

"We have killed three dreaded ultras of Hizbul
Mujahideen including most wanted divisional commander Saqib
and district commander Riyaz Paswal after nearly six-hour-long
gunbattle at Shatdhar-Nasarpora village of Keller,70 kms from
here," SP, Shopian, Shahid Mehraj told PTI.
He said the three were killed during the course of a
joint search operation carried out by security forces in the
village.
Acting on a tip off about the presence of the top
militants, Shatdhar-Nasarpora village was cordoned off from
all sides in the wee hours and the contact with the militants
hiding in a house was established around 6.30 AM (IST), the SP
said.
He said the militants were asked to surrender after
they were surrounded by the search parties but they opened
fire and in the ensuing gunbattle which ended Monday
afternoon, all the three militants hiding in the house were
killed.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition including three
rifles were recovered from them. MORE PTI AMS
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