Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Friday evening identified two of the four slain militants in the Shopian gunfight as Shakoor Parray, District commander of the Al Badr militant group for Shopian and another militant, Suhail Bhat, who, police said, abducted and killed a Panch from Srinagar.
“#Terrorist Shakoor Parray Al Badr District commander and another #terrorist Suhail Bhat who #abducted and #killed Khanmoh’s Panch #neutralised in today’s #encounter, ” Kashmir Zone Police quoted Kumar as having said.
Coincidentally, the dead body of the Panch, Nissar Ahmad Bhat, was found earlier in the day in an orchard in Dangam village of Shopian.
Regarding today’s gunfight, a total of four militants have been killed while another was captured alive by the forces.

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