22 hour long Shrinagar encounter over, 2 terrorists killed
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, January 07, 2010
Indian Army (File Photo)
Security forces on Thursday stormed the hotel Punjab in Lal Chowk killing three LeT terrorists including a Pakistani in the 22 hour operation that has left a policeman and a civilian dead.
DGP of J&K Police Kuldeep Khoda told the media, "The encounter is over and two terrorists are killed and one of them is Pakistani."
The Pakistani terrorist was identified by the security agencies through wireless intercepts as Qari while the other was named as Usman from Sopore.
Hotel Panjab is located in the heart of the city in Lal Chowk area. The Hotel caught fire as militants fired indiscriminately and also lobbed grenades on the security forces.
