Two para commandos of the Army, including a Captain, were injured in the encounter
A 24-hour-long encounter in the Delhi Public School (DPS), Srinagar, ended on Sunday evening after the security forces killed both the holed-up terrorists who had taken shelter inside the school premises. The terrrorists had attacked the CRPF's road-opening party at Pantha Chowk on Saturday evening. Two para commandos of the Army, including a Captain, were injured in the encounter.
The encounter started after terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba ambushed the CRPF's road-opening party vehicle when they were withdrawing after a day-long duty at Pantha Chowk on Saturday evening. CRPF Sub-Inspector Sahab Shukla was killed while Constable Nisar Ahmad of 29 battalion suffered injuries in the attack.
Security forces immediately swung into action and chased the terrorists who took shelter inside the DPS complex. The area was immediately cordoned off and a massive operation was launched to hunt down the terrorists.
DPS has a huge complex comprising at least 400 rooms.
The security forces exercised a lot of caution during the operation to avoid any collateral damage to the educational institution.
The first contact with the terrorists was established at 3am when security forces were searching the building. The intermittent firing between the two sides continued at regular intervals throughout the day.
Sources said para commandos of the Army were also called in to help the forces in conducting the operation. During the room intervention process, two Army soldiers, including a Captain, suffered splinter injuries.
"The first success was achieved in the afternoon when a terrorist was killed in one of the floors. A few hours later, another terrorist was killed. Two weapons have been recovered. Combing and sanitising operation is currently on to clear the building of any leftover explosives", said an officer.
The encounter in the DPS Srinagar has evoked a sharp reaction with the ruling PDP blaming the terrorists for attacking schools in the Valley. "Closing of schools to burning of schools & now it's attacking schools! Where we as a society are upto where we fear education!" tweeted Waheed-ur-Rehman Prara, president of youth wing of People's Democratic Party.
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