2 labourers killed, 2 injured in amn depot blast
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 10: Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of South Kashmir yesterday while two labourers were killed in a blast inside Army ammunition depot in Anantnag district.
Security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in Khojpora village in Reban area of South Kashmir district of Shopian during the intervening night of March 8 and 9 after receiving information about the presence of militants in the village.
The hiding militants fired on the troops during the search operation leading to an encounter. Two militants were killed in the gunfight and their bodies were retrieved from the encounter site.
The slain militants were identified as Shabir Ahmad Malik alias Abu Maviya, a resident of Tungduno Yaripora Kulgam who had been active since December 2017, and Amir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Wadina Melhoura who joined militancy in 2019.
Malik, a Pakistan-trained militant, was involved in various militancy related cases in South Kashmir.
A police spokesman said during the search at the encounter site, one AK-47, one under-barrel grenade launcher, one AK-47 magazine, one Chinese pistol, one magazine of Chinese pistol and five nine mm live rounds were recovered. “A case has been registered and further investigation taken up in the matter”, he added.
And two labourers were killed while two others injured in an explosion at an ammunition depot of the Army in Anantnag district of South Kashmir yesterday.
The explosion took place at Khundru in Anantnag district Monday afternoon, a police official said. He added that two labourers were killed on the spot due to the explosion, while two others were injured.
The deceased have been identified as Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, resident of Pahloo and Gulzar Ahmad Khan, resident of Uttersoo Maidphall areas of the district.
The two injured labourers identified as Fida Hussain and Shabir Ahmad have been rushed to a hospital, the official added.
Khundru is one of the biggest ammunition depots in the Kashmir valley. There have been few such incidents in the past as well. In 2007, several people were killed in a fire, which continued for days, after an accidental blast at the depot.
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