A 58-hour long stretched gunbattle that ensued following a terrorist attack at a government building in Pampore ended today afternoon with the killing of two terrorists by the Indian Army.
The encounter ended on Wednesday afternoon at a government building near Pampore town in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, the army today said adding that two of the terrorists are dead.
“This operation was a very tricky operation because it is a very huge building, and we didn't want any collateral damage,” Maj Gen Ashok Narula said while addressing media on the Pampore attack, adding that there were chances of civilians being inside and that all of those people had been taken out.
He also told that two AK-47 rifles, nine magazines of AK-47, 300 rounds of AK-47 and two grenades were recovered.
"There has been no firing from inside the hostel building of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) since today (Wednesday) morning," a senior police officer said.
He also told that two terrorists were eliminated and 2 weapons recovered.
“Before going into an operation, we do fire from outside so that we are able to take care of it,” said Narula.
The terrorists most probably belong to LeT, told Narula after operation.
Security forces kept on pounding the building where the guerrillas armed with rockets, grenades and automatic gunfire have held the forces at bay.
Two security personnel and a policeman were injured as the militants fired from inside on Monday.
The 70-room, seven-storey building is located at Pampore on the banks of the river Jhelum and 12 km from the Srinagar city centre.
The joint operation was launched by the army, the Special Operations Group of the state police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
The main building of the institute was attacked in February when militants captured it and launched a major attack on security forces. Six persons - a civilian, three soldiers and two paramilitary troopers -- were killed then before the three militants were shot dead.
