Security powers gunned down four fear mongers of Jaish-e-Mohammad in a gunfight close to Nagrota town in the Jammu locale of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, authorities said. A police officer was likewise harmed in the firearm fight, which began around 4.50am close to the cost court in the Ban region of Nagrota on the Jammu-Srinagar public parkway.

Official of the Special Operations Group—Kuldeep Raj, 32, of Akhnoor in Jammu locale was harmed in the trading of fire. He was taken to Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu with wounds on the neck. His condition has been expressed to be steady.

“In the trading of fire four fear mongers were dispensed with. Fear based oppressors hurled explosives on security powers during checking. The truck likewise burst into flames and a couple of explosives additionally detonated inside it during the trades,” Mukesh Singh, monitor general of police of Jammu zone, said.

As indicated by authorities acquainted with the turn of events, the fear mongers came in the truck and were headed to Kashmir. “It was put to check by the cops at the cost court since we had insight contributions with us,” one of the officials said.

A senior official said that it appeared to be the JeM fear based oppressors embraced the comparable usual methodology of penetrating from over the worldwide outskirt in Jammu district prior to boarding a Kashmir-bound truck on Pathankot-Jammu public thruway the former night. “Nonetheless, powers killed them in a quick activity,” he said. He likewise said that the fear based oppressors are probably going to have entered through new invasion from the Samba area.

Shivnandan Singh, a representative of the Central Reserve Police Force, said Thursday’s gunfight was like the experience on January this year as a gathering of fear mongers started shooting at a joint gathering of police and CRPF at the Ban cost court. Singh was alluding to an experience on January 31 when a gathering of psychological militants had comparatively started shooting at a police group close to the cost court, setting off a gunfight in which three fear mongers were executed and a police officer was harmed.

Tap To Explore More : Hindustan Times

Also Read : 45,576 NEW CASES, 585 DEATHS REPORTED IN INDIA,TALLY NOW AT 89.58 LAKH