Pulwama, 01-Dec: A militant commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) along with his foreign associate were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district on Wednesday, police said.The encounter took place at Qasbayar area of Rajpora hamlet of the south Kashmir’s district.Inspector General of police Vijay Kumar said that militant commander of proscribed outfit JeM Yasir Parray who was an IED expert was killed along with foreign militant Furqan.”PulwamaEncounterUpdate: #Militant commander of proscribed outfit JeM Yasir Parray, an IED Expert & foreign militant Furqan #neutralised. Both were involved in several terror #crime cases. A big #success: IGP Kashmir @JmuKmrPolice.” Kashmir police zone tweetedPolice has termed the killings of both the militants as a “big success.”The encounter took place between militants and security forces in during the predawn hours on Wednesday. After a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of militants. (CNS)
