Militants release video of Baramulla attack

However, calling it an attempt to glamourise militancy, police said that security forces replied and killed all four top commanders, including the ones seen in the video, within 72 hours.

In the purported video doing rounds on social media, militants could be seen firing at security forces. The video was reportedly shot by one of the militants who took part in the attack.

Responding to the video, a police spokesperson said that by release video of the attack, militants want to glamourise militancy.

"By releasing video of attack, #terrorists want to glamourise #terrorism. But they can’t. We replied by actions & killed 04 top cmdrs, Sajjad @ Haider & FT Taimur Khan @ Abu Usman (seen in said video/attack) & Naseer @ Sad bhai & FT Ali bhai @ Danish within 72 hours,” the official twitter handle of Kashmir Zone Police wrote.

Militants fired indiscriminately upon a joint naka party of Police and security forces from nearby orchards at Nawan mode in Kreeri area of Baramulla on Monday.

Two CRPF personnel of 119 BN and a policeman sustained grievous gunshot injuries, adding all the three injured personnel succumbed. They were identified as SPO Muzaffar Ali of District Police Baramulla, Constable Lokesh Sharma and Constable Khurshid Khan of 119 Bn CRPF. In the initial retaliatory firing, a militant got injured.

Officials said that the militants were engaged till the area was completely cordoned off with the help of reinforcement and the search operation was thereafter jointly launched by the Baramulla Police, 29RR and CRPF. “In the ensuing encounter, two militants were killed. Two Army personnel also sustained gunshot injuries and were shifted to hospital, where both of them succumbed,” they said, one more militant was later killed on Tuesday.