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Tral encounter | 'Real life starts after death': Hizbul leader heard in audio clip telling killed militant Aaquib Bhat

Alleged conversation between militant Aaquib Bhat and Hizbul Mujahideen leader Javid Naiko.

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Smoke and dust billows from the residential house in which suspected militants were holed up during a gunfight in the village of Nazneenpora in Tral some 40 kilometres south of Srinagar on March 5, 2017.
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A day after two militants were killed in a fierce gun battle at Tral in Jammu and Kashmir, a new audio clip has emerged in which a slain militant Aaquib Bhat was allegedly heard calling his chief Javid Naiko.

One of the militants killed in the encounter was a Hizbul Mujahideen operative identified as Aaquib Bhat, popularly known as Aaquib Maulvi, who was active in the area for the last three years. The other militant, Saif-ul-lah alias Osama, was a Pakistani terrorist working with Jaish-e-Mohammed, official sources said.

The conversation allegedly took place before the house in which he was holed up was blasted.

In his last conversation, Aaquib Bhat can be heard saying that there was no way to escape. "There is no way to escape but we are strong willed and pray for us," he said.

"God knows his ways and death is just the start of another life," said Naiko in reply to Aaquib.

Naiko also motivates him to be strong and fight. "The real life starts after death. If u die or escape in both ways you are successful," Naiko added.

A police constable, Manzoor Ahmed Niak of Uri, was also killed after he took on the militants head on during the operation.

A holed-up Bhat had called his father in the wee hours of the morning and bid his final goodbye to him. He was a local resident and his ancestral house was at Hyena in Tral area itself.

Security forces had received an input about the presence of two militants in the residence of a carpenter after which police, army and CRPF threw a cordon around it.

Tral town, which had shot into prominence because of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, was tense and people had started pouring on to the streets to try and provide an escape for the holed-up militants.

An Army Major identified as R Reshi suffered a bullet injury and was rushed to the base hospital where his condition was stated to be out of danger now. 

Note: DNA cannot verify the authenticity of the audio.

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