One of the longest counter-insurgency operations this year, in which two militants have been killed, finally ended on Friday after a fierce gun battle followed by a search and combing operation of a vast and dense forest in central Kashmir lasted seven days.
Security forces from the Special Operations Group of the JK police and the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles combed the dense Chattergul forest area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district for the last five days to hunt down more militants.
Security forces from the Special Operations Group of the JK police and the Army’s Rashtriya Rifles combed the dense Chattergul forest area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district for the last five days to hunt down more militants.
A police officer said the search operation to locate more militants had been called off.
“It is winding up today (on Friday). The search in the whole jungle was carried out but nothing was found,” the official said.
A fierce gun battle had raged for the first two days of the operation, which began around dawn on September 1 (Saturday), in which two militants were killed.
Since Sunday evening, when the second militant was killed, the police had suspected more separatist gunmen in the forest.
The exact number of militants in the jungle was never confirmed but was believed to be around four to eight.
Police sources had earlier said four boots were found at the militants’ jungle hideout raising the possibility of two more militants in the area.
A massive search was then launched on Monday to track down the militants who might have escaped the initial gunfight.
The police official today said there was a possibility that rest of the militants could have escaped to the nearby Bandipore district.
“Most probably, the militants must have moved to Bandipora,” the official said.
Ganderbal district, where the operation was being carried out, acts as a transit route for militants travelling from Bandipore — which borders the Line of Control in north Kashmir — to south Kashmir districts.
The exact number of militants in the jungle was never confirmed but was believed to be around four to eight.
Police sources had earlier said four boots were found at the militants’ jungle hideout raising the possibility of two more militants in the area.
A massive search was then launched on Monday to track down the militants who might have escaped the initial gunfight.
The police official today said there was a possibility that rest of the militants could have escaped to the nearby Bandipore district.
“Most probably, the militants must have moved to Bandipora,” the official said.
Ganderbal district, where the operation was being carried out, acts as a transit route for militants travelling from Bandipore — which borders the Line of Control in north Kashmir — to south Kashmir districts.
Ganderbal district has largely been cleared of militants as two of the longest surviving militants of the region — Mushtaq Khan, alias Mustaq Jhangi, and Ghulam Nabi War, alias Haq Nawaz, both residents of Ganderbal — were killed in two separate operations in October last year and July this year.
Most of the counter-insurgency operations this year have ended within two or three days except for the July encounter in Kupwara which had dragged on for nearly a week.
Most of the counter-insurgency operations this year have ended within two or three days except for the July encounter in Kupwara which had dragged on for nearly a week.
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