Two terrorists killed in Kashmir encounter
Police said that the bodies of the killed terrorists have been retrieved from the site of the encounter.
Police said that the bodies of the killed terrorists have been retrieved from the site of the encounter.
Among the three neutralised local terrorists, 2 have been identified as Lateef Lone of Shopian, who was involved in killing of a Kashmiri Pandit Purana Krishna Bhat and Umer Nazir of Anantnag.
ADGP (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar informed that the deceased terrorists have been identified as Danish Bhat alias Kokab Duree and Basharat Nabi, both are said to be involved in the killing of one Territorial Army (TA) personnel Saleem on 9 April 2021 and two civilians on 29 May 2021 in Jablipora.
In a major encounter in Kashmir, a Pakistani citizen along with Four other terrorists have been killed. One terrorist has been captured alive during overnight encounters with security forces across Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
"HM Shiraz Molvi's District Commander and Yawar Bhat were among the terrorists killed. Shiraz has been active since 2016 and has been involved in the recruitment of innocent youth into terror ranks as well as the murder of several civilians.
"Another unidentified terrorist has been killed (Total 02). Arms and ammunition, as well as incriminating materials, were recovered. There is a search underway "According to the police.
As per police records, both the terrorists were involved in planning and executing terror attacks on security establishments and civilian killings. Moreover, Dar was also instrumental in recruiting the gullible youth into terror ranks of proscribed terror outfit LeT in north Kashmir.
Anayat Ashraf Dar, a recently active terrorist who was earlier an Over Ground Worker (OGW) of militants, fired at a civilian Jeewer Hameed Bhat, who got seriously injured and was hospitalized.
The gunfight between the terrorists and security forces started on Thursday morning.
The encounter took place just a day after four terrorists were gunned down in South Kashmir's Shopian district while a fifth militant surrendered.