Jammu, June 29: According to media reports, the ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces in Jammu & Kashmir's Pulwama district has resulted in the killing of terrorist Nabid Jatt. The Jammu & Kashmir Police in a press conference held on Thursday had named Nabid Jatt as one of the four suspects in the Shujaat Bukhari murder case. Sajjad Gul, Azad Dadda, Muzaffar Ahmad, and Nabid Jatt were the four suspects named by Kashmir Range IG SP Pani on Thursday and added that LeT operatives were behind the murder of the Rising Kashmir Editor Shujaat Bukhari.
News channel Times Now reported that the killers of Shujaat Bukhari, whose photos were shared by Jammu & Kashmir police in the press conference on Thursday, might be trapped in the building:
Sources: Shujaat Bukhari's killers trapped by forces
Pradeep Dutta tells you more about the ongoing encounter in J&K's Pulwama pic.twitter.com/fwEH6FRdnz
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) June 29, 2018
According to a recent tweet by ANI, the encounter took place in Chatapora where terrorists have reportedly been trapped in a residential building. More details on the same are awaited.
#JammuAndKashmir: Encounter underway between terrorists and security forces in Pulwama's Chatapora. Terrorists reportedly trapped in a residential building. More details awaited. (visuals deferred by unspecified time) pic.twitter.com/Jzm25D58Fi
— ANI (@ANI) June 29, 2018
Earlier today, security forces gunned down an unidentified militant in an encounter in the forests of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. Currently, the identity and group affiliation of the slain militant is not known. Further details are awaited.
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