Militant, who snatched rifle during interrogation, killed in overnight operation: J&K Police

‘After failing in all efforts to ensure his surrender, the terror operative was engaged in a gunfight and was neutralised,’ IGP Vijay Kumar.

The person, who snatched a rifle during questioning inside a police camp in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Wednesday and injured a policeman, was killed in an overnight operation on Thursday. “After failing in all efforts to ensure his surrender, the terror operative was engaged in a gunfight and was neutralised. The snatched weapon was recovered from the possession of the terror operative,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said. He was identified as Mohd. Amin Malik, son of Abdul Ahad Malik, from Nagbal Machhma, Tral, and was an active terrorist of the Hizbul Mujahideen in the past and was arrested in 2003. His brother Shabir Malik was also a terrorist of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind outfit and was killed in an encounter in 2019.