Three militants including a local who was allegedly part of the attack on the police bus at Zewan were killed and four security men were injured in an encounter on Srinagar outskirts at Pantha Chowk, officials said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The night gunfight at Pantha Chowk exploded just hours after six Jaish-e- Mohammad militants and a soldier were killed in two separate encounters in South Kashmir. Police said the gunfight at Pantha Chowk flared when a joint team of forces started a cordon and a search operation in the area following input about the presence of militants in the area.<\/p>\n
“As the cordon was being laid, terrorists opened indiscriminate fire wounding four security men including three cops,” a police officer said, adding the injured were shifted to Army’s 92 base hospital.” Three terrorists were killed in the subsequent gunfight.” In a series of tweets, police said three militants were killed and one of the slain militants was identified as Suhail Ahmad Rather of the Jaish-e-Mohammad. “One of the killed #terrorists has been identified as Suhail Ahmad Rather of #terror outfit JeM. As revealed during yesterday\u2019s PC ( press conference), terrorist Suhail was also involved in #ZewanTerrorAttack.<\/p>\n