Four militants killed in J-K encounter wanted to disturb election process in Kashmir: police

The four militants killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu region were on their way to the Kashmir valley to disturb the District Development Council (DDC) polls scheduled later this month, as Pakistan has been trying to cause trouble in the political process, a top police officer said here on Thursday.

Four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed militants were killed in the encounter near the toll plaza in Ban area of Nagrota on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway this morning.  For the last few days, Pakistan has increased attempts to infiltrate militants into this side and to disturb the elections for which the process is on. In this context, Jammu Police and security forces have done a good job by neutralising four Pakistanis (militants).

Their (militants') aim was to come to Kashmir to disturb the election process, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told reporters on the sideline of a function here.