IPS officer’s brother among 3 militants killed in Shopian

Three militants, including the brother of an IPS officer, were killed in a fierce gunfight in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Tuesday. Fifteen persons, including four photo-journalists and six security personnel, were injured in clashes during the encounter.

Shamsul Haq Mengnoo, whose elder brother Inamul Haq is an IPS officer of the 2012 batch and posted in the northeast, was trapped and killed along with two other militants in a day-long operation in Shopian’s Shirmal-Zainapora area, said an official. Security forces blasted the hideout inside an orchard during the operation

Former Director General of Police S.P. Vaid described Menghoo’s killing as “a sad end”. “I remember the efforts that were made by his brother and other family members and the J&K police to bring him back to the mainstream but he met a sad end today,” said Mr. Vaid.

Mengnoo, a resident of Shopian’s Draggud village, was pursuing a Bachelors degree in Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) degree in Srinagar when he was reported missing in May 2018. He later joined the Hizbul Mujahideen.

The police identified the other two militants as Aamir Suhail Bhat and Shoaib Ahmad Shah, both from Shopian.

The operation, launched early on Tuesday despite the inclement weather, was jointly carried out by the Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles, para commandos and the special Operations Group (SOG) of the police, following inputs on the presence of a group of militants. One Army jawan was injured in the cross fire.

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