Wanted criminal killed in encounter with UP STF
A notorious criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head was shot dead in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, police said on Friday.
A notorious criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head was shot dead in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, police said on Friday.
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district in the early hours of…
Encounter is still on as two terrorists believed to be trapped in the cordon, Inspector General of Police (Jammu Range) Anand Jain said.
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police gunned down 5 dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists along the Line of Control in Kupwara district's Machil sector.
The official further said that the District Reserve Guards recovered two bodies of Naxals, along with arms and ammunition
Earlier, the firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after a joint team of the police and the army cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
The army said in the eight hour-long operation, Aijaz alias Abu Huraira, a Pakistani terrorist and two other terrorists identified as Javed Rather of Tahab, Pulwama and Shahnawaz Gani of Srinagar belonging to LeT were eliminated by the security forces.
Initial reports stated that four terrorists were trapped.
In the ensuing encounter, three terrorists, including a top LeT commander, were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounter