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.
On Saturday, Jammu and Kashmir police had said that 29 foreign terrorists are active in South Kashmir but assured that the security forces are experienced enough to deal with them and wipe out militancy from whole of South Kashmir.
Army and CRPF were also involved in the operation against the terrorists.
All three terrorists of mixed groups holed in a house in downtown Srinagar were killed, while a Pakistani terrorist was eliminated in Kulgam and one of his accomplices managed to escape.
Five terrorists were killed in an operation by the security forces in Munand area of Shopian district while three militants were eliminated at Meej village in Pampore area of Awantipora district.
Naikoo, who carried a reward of Rs 12 lakh on his head, took over as the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen after the outfit’s poster boy and commander Burhan Wani was killed in a gunfight with the security forces in Kokarnag area in Anantnag district on July 8, 2016.