Srinagar: A militant and three civilians were killed in Army’s retaliatory fire after a mobile check-post came under attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s southern Shopian district late Sunday evening.
The slain militant has been identified as Shahid Ahmad Dar, a resident Shopian’s Jamnagri village. The identities of the civilians killed during the clash are being ascertained, the police said.
However, the Army alleged that they were over-ground workers of a militant outfit and were accompanying Dar.
Defence spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia said that a joint mobile vehicle checkpost near Pohnoo was fired upon by militants travelling in a vehicle at 8 pm. “In retaliatory firing, one terrorist identified as Shahid Ahmad Dar was killed. Also the three person who were accompanying the terrorist were found to be dead,” he said in a statement issued here.
The locals alleged that the civilians were travelling in a car through the area and were killed in reprisal by the Army following the militant attack.
Following the incident, clashes between surging crowds and security forces erupted in a few Shopian areas, a report said. A police officer described the situation as “very tense”.
