Security forces today arrested two militants after a brief shootout on a Naka at Thanamandi and recovered stolen arms and ammunition from their possession.
Today morning during wee hours a joint Naka of Rajouri Police, 72 Bn CRPF and Army (38 RR) laid on Rajouri – DKG road at Thanamandi chowk was conducting random frisking of vehicles when a two motorcycle borne militants reached there and were signalled to stop.
As it was still dark around, taking advantage of the situation the duo speed up their motorcycle and left it there at some distance from Naka and fired on chasing Naka personnel. However the jawans of Police, Army and CRPF taking due caution swiftly overpowered the duo while putting their lives on risk and apprehended the duo. The prompt and swift action jawans saved the Naka personnel as the duo could have tried to take position behind any object which could have lead to a difficult situation.
Soon after both the terrorists were overpowered and information was shared with officers, senior officers of police and army including SDPO . The arrested militants have been identified as Mukhtar Ahmed S/O Abdul Ahad DarR/O New Colony ~ Safanagri (Zainapura) Shopian age 22 Years and Aijaz Ahmed Paaray S/O Sanullah Parray R/O Keshva, Chitragama Shopian Age 22 Years.
Both are involved in militancy related cases of Police Station Zainapura Distt Shopian.
An Insas rifle with three magazines and 49 live cartridges along with two empty fired cartridges was recovered from their possession
During initial interrogation, both the arrested militants also disclosed that they stole the said weapon and magazines from police barrack by taking away the box of a Police Official and then breaking the lock and stealing away the weapon.
The duo was to join HM outfit in Shopian instantly and were in constant touch with HM Commander Zeenat-ul-Islam operating in South Kashmir.
