Indian security forces on Monday shot dead five Pakistani militants in J&K, police said.
All of them belonged to the Hizbul Mujahideen group, a police officer said. He said the five were from Pakistan and were killed in a gun battle in a forested part of Garderbal district. A huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized from the site. The officer said the group had infiltrated into the Kashmir Valley about a month back from Pakistan.
The counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a joint operation early on Monday following a tip off, police said. ‘When the militants were surrounded and asked to surrender, they started firing at the security forces,’ the officer said.
All of them belonged to the Hizbul Mujahideen group, a police officer said. He said the five were from Pakistan and were killed in a gun battle in a forested part of Garderbal district. A huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized from the site. The officer said the group had infiltrated into the Kashmir Valley about a month back from Pakistan.
The counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police launched a joint operation early on Monday following a tip off, police said. ‘When the militants were surrounded and asked to surrender, they started firing at the security forces,’ the officer said.