Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said the two militants slain in a gunfight with the government forces in Tral area of Pulwama district were affiliated with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit.
A police spokesman, in a statement, identified the slain as Adfar Fayaz Parray son of Fayaz Ahmad Parray resident of Gulshanpora Tral and Irfan Ahmad Rather son of Ghulam Hassan Rather resident of Shariefabad Tral.
“According to the police records, the slain were affiliated with proscribed outfit HM. They were involved in conspiring and executing several attacks and were wanted by the law for their complicity in a series of crimes including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities,” said the spokesman.
Arms & ammunition including rifles were recovered from the site of encounter, he said.
