Detained suspected fighter dies in IIOJ
June 30, 2021
SRINAGAR: A suspected freedom fighter in police custody was killed in a gunfight between government forces and another freedom fighter in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.
Nadeem Abrar, was arrested Monday in Srinagar city and interrogated on the basis of “a specific input about terrorists” planning to carry out “an attack on a highway,” police said in a statement, report the international media. Inspector General Vijay Kumar called his arrest a “big success”. Police said Abrar, during a “sustained interrogation,” identified a house where he had concealed his automatic rifle. A police party took Abrar to the house, where they were hit by gunfire from a fighter who was hiding inside, the statement said. It said Abrar and three Indian soldiers were hit by the shots, which sparked a gun battle that ended early Tuesday.