Jammu: J&K’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh said that two foreign Militants were killed in Sunjwan, Jammu encounter on Friday.
Moreover, one CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) was killed and four others sustained injuries.
However, sources said 11 personel were injured.
They were wearing fidayeen vests and were tasked to carry out major suicide strike, he said.
Officially, there are no inputs as of now to suggest that the slains were planning to attack the PM’s upcoming rally at Samba on April 24.
He said both the slain belong to Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit and were part of fresh infiltration bid.
Talking to reporters at the site of encounter, Mr. Dilbagh said last night, acting on an information about the presence of (militants) in Sunjwan area of Jammu, a cordon was laid by the police and CISF personnel.
“The militants fired indiscriminately at the security forces in which one ASI of CISF succumbed while four others sustained injuries. The slain ASI of CISF has been identified as S P Patil,” he said.
The DGP Singh said both Militants were fidayeen as they were wearing “fidayeen vests”.
“Both were tasked to either target a security camp or to engage large number of security forces to inflict maximum causalities,” he said.
The said that from the possession of slain duo, three AK-47 rifles, grenades, magazines, eatables, medicines, energy drinks etc were recovered, which are normally found in fidayeen.
“Since they had no old history, it seems they had infiltrated recently just to carry out a big strike,” he said.
Meanwhile, Internet was suspended in parts of Jammu and schools with 5 km radius remained closed.
