Six militants were killed in two overnight encounters taking the number of militants killed in these two encounters since June 18 to eight, in Shopian and Pulwama Districts of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) of India on June 19, reports Daily Excelsior. Four militants were killed at Bandpawa area in Chitragam Tehsil (revenue unit) in Shopian District encounter on June 19, while one was killed June 18, taking the number of militants killed in the encounter to five. The killed militants have been identified as Shakir Shafi of Nazneenpora Shopian who had joined militancy last month, Nadeem Zaman of Hefkhuri Shopian and he had also joined militancy last month, Jawhar Ahmad Malik of Achan in district Pulwama who was active since December 2017, Adil Hussain Pal of Maldar Shopian active since May 2018 and Mohsin Ahmad Wani of Ahind Shopian who was active since February this year. In the other encounter, two militants who had taken refuge in a mosque in Meej in Pampore area in Awantipora city in Pulwama District were killed on June 19, while one militant was killed June 18, taking the number of militants killed in the encounter to three. The three militants who were killed at Meej in Pampore have been identified as Shahnawaz of Muran in Pulwama, Arshad Ahmad of Marwal Kakapora in Pulwama and Faisal Ahmad of Below Rajpora in Pulwama. All of them were affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). Earlier, South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) had reported about both the encounters on June 18.
Meanwhile, suspended Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Davinder Singh, arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, was granted bail by a Delhi court on June 19, reports Daily Excelsior. His lawyer M S Khan said, Singh and another accused in the case — Irfan Shafi Mir — were granted the relief by the court in a case filed by special cell of Delhi Police, noting that the probe agency failed to file charge sheet within 90 days from his arrest, as prescribed under law.