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Nagrota Encounter: IGP Jammu says heavy ammunition recovered and big plans foiled

IGP Mukesh Singh said that a large number of weapons were recovered from the slain militants including 11 AK rifles and 29 grenades.

Inspector-General of Police (Jammu range) Mukesh Singh said that a newly infiltrated group of four militants were killed at Ban Toll Plaza near Nagrota on Srinagar-Jammu highway after a truck in which they were travelling was intercepted at a checkpoint.

He said that the truck driver managed to flee from the spot while security forces recovered a large number of arms and ammunition that include 11 AK 47 rifles and 29 grenades.

Nagrota Gunfight IGP Jammu says heavy ammunition recovered and big plans foiled - Digpu News
Heavy Ammunition and Pakistani labeled drugs recovered.

Addressing a press conference, IGP Jammu Mukesh Singh said that ever since the announcement for the District Development Council (DDC), police had been receiving inputs about a possible infiltration bid in Jammu.

“We had kept our all teams deployed at Naka points. There were intelligence inputs that militants may sneak in along with large quantities of arms and ammunition,” the IGP Jammu said.

He said at around 5 AM, a truck was stopped and when it was searched, the driver stepped out and fled. “During the search of the vehicle, the hiding militants opened a heavy volume of fire that was retaliated. The encounter lasted for three hours. Two policemen sustained injuries and both are stable,” he said.

The IGP Jammu said that four unidentified militants were killed in the gunfight. “All the slain were carrying large quantities of arms and ammunition with them. This is for the first in the past few years that such a large quantity of weapons were recovered from the slain—11 AK rifles, 29 grenades (apart from those lobbed at forces), three pistols, pouches, mobile phones and other incriminating material,” the IGP Jammu said.

Gunfight: Four ‘unidentified’ militants killed in Jammu’s Nagrota - Digpu News
Slain militants killed in the Nagrota Encounter this morning.

Asked about the motive of militants, the IGP said that given the number of weapons recovered in the Nagrota encounter from the slain, it seems that the group had infiltrated recently and were “planning something very big.”

“But their plan stands foiled,” he said, adding that the operation was carried out jointly by police, CRPF and the Army. “The sanitization operation is still on and identity and the affiliation of slain militants is being ascertained,” he said.

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