Srinagar,
\nA police officer of the elite counter-insurgency unit and a militant commander were killed in a militant attack on the outskirts of Srinagar \u0007on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Sub-Inspector of J&K Police Imran Tak, 31, a resident of Udhampur, was killed in a shootout at Zakura, some 15 km from the city centre, at around 4 pm. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Munir Khan, said a police party had gone for an operation where a shootout took place.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not that the police party was attacked. They had gone for an operation and there was a shootout between militants and the SOG (Special Operation Group) party, in which Sub-Inspector and an Special Police Officer was injured. The Sub-Inspector was taken to hospital, but unfortunately he succumbed to his injuries,\u201d Khan said. The IGP blamed Lashkar-e-Toiba for the attack.<\/p>\n
A militant commader, Mugais, of Parimpora, was also killed and his associate Tauseef was arrested in the gunfight, the police said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the gunfight, Mugais of Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen was wounded, but he escaped from the encounter site. He later succumbed to his injuries,\u201d a police officer said. Police said Mugais had earlier this year joined Zakir Musa-led Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, affiliated to Al-Qaida.<\/p>\n
Sources, however, said a police party of the SOG had set up a check-point at Zakura as they had input about movement of militants in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a Santro car with Srinagar registration number reached the check-post, the militants believed to be two in number fired indiscriminately from inside the car wounding two policemen including, the Sub-Inspector. The militants fled from the spot and left behind the car,\u201d the sources said. \u201cOne suspected militant Tauseef who \u0007was inside the car was arrested by the police.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soon after the incident, police and CRPF launched a massive hunt to trace the militants involved in the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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