Pictures of the militants walking down the streets of Anantnag was widely shared on social media on Saturday.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday achieved a major breakthrough in the Anantnag terror attack when they identified the two militants who had killed two cops in a shoot and scoot attack on Saturday.
One of the militants has been identified as 18-year-old Junaid Ahmad Matoo of Khudwani village in the neighbouring Kulgam district of south Kashmir. Another militant has been identified as Ali, who is believed to be a foreign national. Both owe their allegiance to Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit.
The militant duo was caught on camera walking down the streets in Anantnag during the attack. A video of the militants attacking the cops have also surfaced on Sunday prompting the police to issue a public notice with their pictures superimposed on it.
PTI
"The terrorists who killed assistant sub-inspector Bashir Ahmad and constable Riyaz Ahmad in Anantnag on Saturday have been identified. People are hereby requested that the concerned police should be informed in case these ultras are spotted in their areas…," reads the public notice in Urdu.
Police sources said Junaid, who has studied upto class XII, joined Lashkar in September last year. He has been one of the wanted militants for security forces in south Kashmir. Sources said, a month after his joining Lashkar chief commander and Udhampur terror mastermind Abu Qasim alias Abdul Rehman was killed in an encounter at Khandaypora village of south Kashmir's Kulgam district. Since then he has been trying to revive the Lashkar in the south Kashmir area.
"Culprits would be nabbed and punished. The incident is an act of cowardice. Islam does not allow such heinous acts," said Abdul Haq, Jammu and Kashmir minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Law, who was deputed by chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to visit the slain cops.
ASI Bashir Ahmad is survived by his wife and 11-year-old son while as Constable Reyaz Ahmad Sheikh is survived by 30-year-old wife, 11-year-old son, two daughters aged seven and nine years besides aged parents and an unmarried sister.
Hundreds of the people attended the funeral of the martyrs at Logripora, Ashmuqam and at Uttersoo. The people condemned the barbaric act of the militants. Local Auqaf too has denounced the killings and expressed anger against the ultras for innocent bloodletting.
"Desperate attempts by anti national elements would only strengthen our commitment. Forces will chase the culprits till they are brought to justice," said K Rajendra Kumar, director general of police.
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