by Sheikh Hilal
SRINAGAR: Four militants killed in a gunfight with the counter-insurgent forces in Manihal area of Imamsahib in south Kashmir’s Shopian district were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Mustafa a shadow outfit of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), an official said.
An official identified the slain militants as Aqib Manzoor a resident of Arshipora, Rayees Ahmad Bhat a resident of DK Pora, Aftaab Ahmad a resident of Dashipora and Amir Shafi a resident of Manihal Shopian all affiliated with proscribed outfit Lashkar-e-Mustafa.
He added that arms and ammunition including one Ak-47 and two pistols were recovered from the site of encounter.
“All the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other terror crimes,” he said.
Earlier, army had said that four militants were killed and an army man was injured in the encounter.
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