Three militants and a policeman were killed while three were injured in a day-long encounter in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
Reports said while one group of militants holed up in a private building near the Army's 93 Brigade headquarters at Allah Pir area in Poonch engaged the security forces, another encounter was going on in a nearby under-construction building.
In the initial assault, one policeman died and two persons were injured, police said, adding, the deceased was identified as R Kumar.
One of the injured was identified as sub inspector Manzoor Hussain and a civilian Tariq.
A police officer said there was a hostage-like situation in the private building as militants were holding Haji Nazir Mir and his wife Mumtaz Mir, members of a well-known political family in the border district.
Mir is a cousin of Congress MLC Jahangir Hussain, who is deputy chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.
However, the aged husband-wife duo, who had locked themselves inside a room in the building, were rescued unhurt after the encounter ended around 7 pm, he said.
"Both the encounters ended in the evening around 7 pm with the killing of the three holed-up militants," the official added.
Reports said searches were on at the encounter sites to rule out the possibility of any more militants still hiding.![]( "In the initial assault, one policeman died and two persons were injured, police said, adding, the deceased was identified as R Kumar. pti file photo")
Three militants and a policeman were killed while three were injured in a day-long encounter in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
Reports said while one group of militants holed up in a private building near the Army’s 93 Brigade headquarters at Allah Pir area in Poonch engaged the security forces, another encounter was going on in a nearby under-construction building.
In the initial assault, one policeman died and two persons were injured, police said, adding, the deceased was identified as R Kumar.
One of the injured was identified as sub inspector Manzoor Hussain and a civilian Tariq.
A police officer said there was a hostage-like situation in the private building as militants were holding Haji Nazir Mir and his wife Mumtaz Mir, members of a well-known political family in the border district.
Mir is a cousin of Congress MLC Jahangir Hussain, who is deputy chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.
However, the aged husband-wife duo, who had locked themselves inside a room in the building, were rescued unhurt after the encounter ended around 7 pm, he said.
"Both the encounters ended in the evening around 7 pm with the killing of the three holed-up militants,” the official added.
Reports said searches were on at the encounter sites to rule out the possibility of any more militants still hiding.
Reports said while one group of militants holed up in a private building near the Army's 93 Brigade headquarters at Allah Pir area in Poonch engaged the security forces, another encounter was going on in a nearby under-construction building.
In the initial assault, one policeman died and two persons were injured, police said, adding, the deceased was identified as R Kumar.
One of the injured was identified as sub inspector Manzoor Hussain and a civilian Tariq.
A police officer said there was a hostage-like situation in the private building as militants were holding Haji Nazir Mir and his wife Mumtaz Mir, members of a well-known political family in the border district.
Mir is a cousin of Congress MLC Jahangir Hussain, who is deputy chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.
However, the aged husband-wife duo, who had locked themselves inside a room in the building, were rescued unhurt after the encounter ended around 7 pm, he said.
"Both the encounters ended in the evening around 7 pm with the killing of the three holed-up militants," the official added.
Reports said searches were on at the encounter sites to rule out the possibility of any more militants still hiding.
Three militants and a policeman were killed while three were injured in a day-long encounter in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.Reports said while one group of militants holed up in a private building near the Army’s 93 Brigade headquarters at Allah Pir area in Poonch engaged the security forces, another encounter was going on in a nearby under-construction building.
In the initial assault, one policeman died and two persons were injured, police said, adding, the deceased was identified as R Kumar.
One of the injured was identified as sub inspector Manzoor Hussain and a civilian Tariq.
A police officer said there was a hostage-like situation in the private building as militants were holding Haji Nazir Mir and his wife Mumtaz Mir, members of a well-known political family in the border district.
Mir is a cousin of Congress MLC Jahangir Hussain, who is deputy chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council.
However, the aged husband-wife duo, who had locked themselves inside a room in the building, were rescued unhurt after the encounter ended around 7 pm, he said.
"Both the encounters ended in the evening around 7 pm with the killing of the three holed-up militants,” the official added.
Reports said searches were on at the encounter sites to rule out the possibility of any more militants still hiding.