‘He Had Escaped From Encounter At Sumblar Shokbaba Woods’
Srinagar, Aug 03 (GNS): Ten days after escaping from a gunfight at Sumblar Shokbaba forests, Lashker-e-Toiba militant Babar Ali was killed in an encounter with joint team of police and army at woods of Chandajji area of the north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Wednesday, officials said.
A police spokesman here said that three militants of LeT including Sharik Altaf (who had ex-filtrated in 2018) were killed in Shokbaba encounter on July 24.
However, the spokesman said, Babar Ali had managed to escape from the site and “was being continuously tracked rigorously thereafter.”
“In furtherance of the tracking and after pinpointing his presence in Chandajji forest area today, a joint operation was launched by Police, 26 Assam Rifles & CRPF in the area,” he said in a statement to GNS.
During the search operation, the spokesman said, the hiding militant fired upon the search party which was retaliated, leading to an encounter. In the ensuing gunfight, he said, the hiding militant Babar Ali of Ugada district of Punjab Pakistan was killed and his body was retrieved from the site of encounter.
“Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including one AK-rifle, two AK-Magazines, 40 AK-rounds, one pouch, one wireless set and one medicine bag were recovered from the site of encounter,” he said, adding, “IGP Kashmir congratulated joint team of Police/SF for successfully tracking down the (militant) and conducting operation in a professional manner without any collateral damage.” (GNS)
