Srinagar: Police on Thursday identified the militant killed in Hazratbal area of Srinagar city as Haider from Pakistan who was active from last six months in Srinagar.
“A police party was tracking him and his aim was to carry attack on the police guard of the shrine to snatch his rifle,” Inspector general of Police Vijay Kumar told reporters at the scene, minutes after the he tweeted about the incident.
“Soon after seeing the police party he fired with pistol and the fire was retaliated, leading to the killing of the militant,” the top police officer said,
More Read
“He was a Pakistani and was active from last six months. His video had also gone viral recently,” he said.
He said two more militants fled from the scene and “we are tracking them using techinacal intelligence like CCTVs etc.”
He said intelligence network is very strong in Srinagar.
(GNS)
