In pics: Multiple houses razed in Srinagar encounter

Photo: KM/umar Ganie

Srinagar: Two Hizb militants including Junaid Sehrai, son of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai were killed in a pre-dawn encounter in Nawa Kadal area of Srinagar’s old city on Tuesday.

In a presser after the gunfight, Director General of J&K police Dilbagh Singh said that the one of the two slain militants was identified as Hizbul Mujahideen’s divisional commander for Central Kashmir Junaid Sehrai.

Photos: KM/Umar Ganie

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Police have identified the second slain militant as Tariq Ahmed Sheikh from Pulwama district of South Kashmir.

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Sehrai is from Hyderpora area of Srinagar. He originally hails from Kupwara district. At present, his father is living and was living in Hyderpora area of Srinagar.

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Multiple houses were razed near the gunfight site as militants, as per local sources, kept on changing locations.

Eyewitnesses said that at least a dozen residential houses suffered either complete or partial damage.

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