Dreaded Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) commander and one of the suspected conspirators of Delhi high court blasts Jahangir Saroori has given the security forces a slip amid heavy exchange of fire at Dangdoru forests of Dachan area in Kishtwar district of Jammu region. A special police official (SPO) was killed in the encounter.
The police said intelligence inputs said the HM divisional commander Mohammad Amin alias Jahangir Saroori, along with another militant, was hiding in the area. A joint team of special operation group of J&K police and troops of 11 Rashtriya Rifles officials launched an operation on Monday night.
“The militants opened fire on the forces in which one SPO, Bilal Ahmed, was killed. In a search operation, the forces destroyed a hideout of Saroori and recovered a huge quantity of food items and important documents, which are being scrutinised,” said a police spokesman.
The search continued till sunset, but no contact could be established in the forest as militants had escaped under the dense forest cover. “The search operation is being continued,” said Manish Kumar Sinha, deputy inspector general of police Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban range.
Saroori is suspected to be one of the conspirators of the September 7 Delhi bomb blast. His lieutenants — Junaid Akram Malik, Shakir Hussain Sheikh, Amir Ali Kamal — have been named by the NIA as the main accused. They are active in Kishtwar, and carry a reward of Rs10 lakh each.
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