Commendable work by security forces: Farooq Abdullah on Pulwama encounter
While interacting with the media, Abdullah said: "Security forces have done a commendable work. Hope we all can live in peace in the state (Jammu and Kashmir)."
In a major setback for Pakistan based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba, its Kashmir chief Abu Dujana were among the three militants killed in a gunfight with security forces in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday morning.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in Hakripora village, security forces launched a cordon-and-search-operation in the area, a police official said.
The militants opened fired during the operation, prompting retaliation from the forces, which triggered a gunbattle resulting in the death of Dujana and other two associates, including a young local boy, identified as Arif Lilhaari, who recently joined the group.
Meanwhile, intense clashes between protesters and government forces erupted near and around the encounter site, sources said.
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