Srinagar: The two-day long operation in Aglar village of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir ended on Monday with the killing of another militant of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JEM) outfit, a senior police officer said.
"The operation at Aglar village has ended. Bodies of both the militants were recovered from the scene of the gun battle during search operations on Monday," Senior superintendent of Police, Pulwama Rafiq-ul-Hassan told PTI.
While one of the militants was killed in the early hours of fighting on Sunday, the second militant was killed late last night, he said.
An army captain was also injured in the gun battle while two houses, where the militants had taken shelter, were damaged in the encounter.
The SSP identified the slain militants as self-styled group commander of JEM, Babar and his close associate Afaq, both residents of Pakistan.
Two AK assault rifles, ammunition and grenades were recovered from the possession of the slain militants, he said.
Soon after the search operation was called off, people assembled at the scene of the gun battle and participated in the 'Nimaz-e-Jinazah' (prayer before burial) of the slain militants, official sources said.
The encounter started early on Sunday when security forces cordoned off the village following specific information about the presence of militants, the sources said.
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