Two militants of The Resistance Front (TRF), including its ‘commander’, were killed in a brief encounter in Srinagar city on 23rd August’s afternoon.
The police informed that both of them were killed in “a brief exchange of fire” in Aloochi Bagh. One of them was identified as ‘commander’ Abbas Sheikh and his ‘second in command’ Saqib Manzoor.
“It is a big success for the security forces,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said. The duo was among the list of top wanted of the police. It was made public recently.
Sheikh, 45, was a top militant from south Kashmir’s Kulgam. According to the police, he was arrested twice but rejoined militancy. Manzoor was a militant from Srinagar’s Barazulla area.
“They were involved in attacks on the force,” the police said.
Mr Kumar informed that after getting a tip of their specific locations and inputs from the Army about the movement of the duo, 10 policemen in civvies cordoned off the area.