J&K attacks: Militants were planning to engage forces for a long time, says Army official

Srinagar: An army official said that the recovery of food packets along with the arms and ammunition from the militants killed in encounter on Friday showed that they were planning to engage the forces for a long time.

Among the other items recovered were six AK rifles with 55 magazines, two shotguns, two night vision binoculars, four radio sets, 32 unused grenades and one medical kit.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing an election rally at Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, said that the militants, by carrying out a series of attacks in Kashmir on Friday, have tried to attack Indian democracy but the Army troops sacrificed their lives for security of the nation.

“I pay my tributes to Jharkhand’s brave son Sankalp Kumar Shukla and other brave jawans who scarified their lives. Terrorists tried to attack the democracy of India. But brave jawans scarified their lives protecting the country’s security,” he said.

Mr Modi is slated to visit Srinagar on Monday to address an election rally at the Sher-i-Kashmir Cricket Stadium ahead of the next phase of polling on Tuesday.