Two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militants, identified as Adfar Fayaz Parray and Irfan Ahmad Rather (local residents) were killed in an encounter in Reshipora area of Tral town of Pulwama District on March 5, reports Daily Excelsior. A joint team of Security Forces (SFs) cordoned off Reshipora village after credible input about presence of militants hiding in the area. As the house to house searches were going on, the search party of the troops was fired upon by the militants. The fire was retaliated, leading to a gunfight in which two militants were killed and the bodies were recovered from the site of encounter. “Arms and ammunition including rifles were recovered from the site of encounter”, sources said.
Clashes erupted at the encounter site in Reshipora area of Tral town of Pulwama District between local youth and SFs in which a civilian was injured, reports Daily Excelsior.
Meanwhile, Traders strike called by various trade bodies over banning of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and tinkering with Article 35A disrupted normal life in Kashmir on March 5, reports Daily Excelsior.