Four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants, including two Special Police Officers (SPOs) who decamped with their services rifles from District Police Lines Pulwama, were killed in an overnight encounter at Panjran area in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir on June 7, reports Daily Excelsior. As the Security Forces (SFs) were conducting searches, the hiding militants opened fire, triggering a gun battle, which continued throughout the June 6 night and ended on June 7 morning. SFs blasted the house where the militants were holed up and razed it to the ground. Among the four slain militants, two were listed militants, identified as Ashiq Hussain Ganaie of Pulwama and Imran Ahmad Bhat of Pulwama while as two others, Mohammad Salman Khan and Shabir Ahmad Dar were SPOs who had deserted Police District on June 5 morning and joined JeM.
Meanwhile, stone pelting clashes also erupted near the encounter site at Panjran area and other places adjacent to it including main town Pulwama in Pulwama District of Jammu and Kashmir on June 7, reports Daily Excelsior. SFs deployed in the area used tear smoke shells and pellets to disperse them.
Separately, two Police personnel, identified as Abdul Aziz and Ali Mohammad were injured after militants hurled a grenade on Police Station Sopore in Baramulla District of Jammu and Kashmir on June 7 afternoon, reports Daily Excelsior.