Five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and two wireless sets were recovered after a terrorist hideout was busted in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, said officials on Monday.
The J&K Police on Thursday announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for anyone providing information that leads to the arrest of Pakistani nationals and local Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack.
An Army soldier was killed on Thursday during a gunfight with terrorists in the Basantgarh area of the Udhampur district.
The identity of the informer will be kept strictly confidential, the police said.
Home Minister Amit Shah reached Srinagar this evening to review the security situation.
Expressing concern over the rise of terrorist incidents in the Jammu region, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha said on Friday that the Army, J&K Police, and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are determined to crush terrorism.
Security forces on Tuesday launched "Search & Destroy Operations" against a group of three Pakistani terrorists who were on the run after having killed four policemen in an encounter in the Kathua district.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here on Sunday to enquire about the health of the J&K Police personnel who sustained injuries during an encounter with terrorists in Kathua.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday raided multiple locations in Srinagar and Sopore, including the houses of separatist leaders Abdul Gani Bhat and Shabir Ahmad Shah, as part of the ongoing investigations into cases registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the banned organisations.
In a significant step towards dismantling terror networks and preventing resurgence of militancy, the Jammu and Kashmir police has seized immovable properties of five Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorists in Gool area of Ramban district, police said on Friday.
