Two militants detained by security forces at a checkpoint in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday, police said.
Rajouri Police’s a joint check-post, 72 battalions of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Army (38 RR) was deployed on Rajouri-DKG road in the early hours after weapons and ammunition were stolen by some militants from a police barrack during the night, SSP, Rajouri, Yougal Manhas told.
Security personnel were conducting random searching of vehicles when the two motorcycle-borne militants reached the spot and were signalled to stop, the SSP said.
The both from the spot and started firing at the security personnel chasing them, he said. However, jawans of the police, the Army and the CRPF rid-off them. The detained militants have been identified as 22-year-old Mukhtar Ahmed and 22-year-old Aijaz Ahmed Paaray of Shopian district, the SSP said.
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The involvement of both have been clarified in militancy-related cases within the limits of Zainapura police station in Shopian district, he said.
An Insas rifle with three magazines and 49 live cartridges, along with two empty fired cartridges, were intercepted from their possession, he said.
Police personnel deployed at police post-BGSB Shrine Shahdra Sharif informed officers that an Insas with magazines has been stolen by unidentified men from the police barrack, he said.
During initial interrogation, both the arrested militants said they stole weapons and magazines from the police barrack, the officer said.
The two was to join Hizbul Mujahideen outfit in Shopian district and were in constant contact with HM commander Zeenat-ul-Islam operating in South Kashmir, he said.
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