Two terrorists killed in Delhi

New Delhi, September 19
Two of the suspected terrorists, who were responsible for the serial bomb blasts in the Capital last Saturday, were shot dead in an encounter in the congested Jamia Nagar area of south Delhi this afternoon.

Another suspect, who was reportedly injured, has been taken into custody and is being interrogated. However, two other accomplices of these militants managed to escape during the melee. A massive manhunt has been launched to track them.

Three policemen of the special cell of the Delhi police, including the team leader Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and head constable Balwant Singh were also injured in an hour-long encounter. Sharma later died. He had sustained three bullet injuries in his abdomen. All the three policemen were being treated at the nearby Holy Family Hospital.

The police also claimed to have seized one AK 47, .2mm two pistols and live ammunition along with a computer and some diaries from the hideout. These are being examined by experts.

The entire Jamia Nagar area was cordoned off and house-to-house searches conducted to trace the two missing suspects who were described as armed and dangerous.

The two dead terrorists were identified as Aatif, alias Bashir, and Sajid who came from the Sarai Mir area of Azamgarh district, UP. The injured suspect who is now out of danger has been identified as Saif.

Hundreds of residents from the neighbourhood came out on the streets after the gunshots were heard around 11.30 am. The police had a tough time in keeping them at a distance.

Addressing a press conference later in the day, commissioner of police YS Dadwal claimed that it all began at around 11 am when the Special Cell team arrived in the area working on specific information that five suspects were holed in the fourth floor flat, near Batla House. When the police tried to raid the place, the suspects fired from inside, taking the policemen by surprise.

“Eight rounds were fired from the terrorists while the police party had to use 22 rounds in the encounter”, told Dadwal.