Acting on a tip off about the presence of the terrorists in Gadi forest area, Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group from Doda launched a joint operation last night.
Two former Special Police Officers who had deserted their service a month ago to re-join a terrorist outfit were today killed in an encounter with Army and police in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Those killed in the encounter have been identified as Ghulam Nabi Mangnoo alias Maulvi code name Gulla Tailor and Raiz Ahmed, police said.
The two men left the police on the night of September 7 and ran away with two rifles with 60 and 70 rounds, police said, adding they had rejoined terror activities.
div id='ndtvrelcontent'></div>While Maulvi had surrendered as the District Commander of Lashker-e-Taiba or LeT in 2010 and joined as an SPO, Raiz had surrendered as the Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist in 2010.
Acting on a tip off about the presence of the terrorists in Gadi forest area, Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group from Doda launched a joint operation last night, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Doda, Zahid Naseem Manhas told news agency Press Trust of India.
"At 4 am, both the militants were tracked down in Gadi Nullah. As the search operation was going on, the militants, who were hiding in the area, tried to break the cordon and opened firing on the forces, Mr Manhas said.
An encounter followed and the two men were killed, he said. Maulvi had joined LeT in 2003 and Raiz joined Hizbul in 1999, he said.
"They were trying to revive militancy in Doda district", he said.
Defence Ministry officer S N Acharya added that the bodies have been recovered arifllong with one the two rifles and some ammunition.
Doda last saw an encounter on June 10, 2011 when two foreign-origin LeT militants were killed. They were identified as Javed alias Hurera and Akhter alias Ilyas Mubashir.