3 terrorists killed in Pulwama encounter, search operation underway
The encounter took place in Pulwama's Tiken area.
The encounter took place in Pulwama's Tiken area.
The encounter started after the terrorists opened heavy fire on the police and other security forces, injuring two soldiers as they saw the joint team of police and army approach their hideout.
According to reports, a joint operation was launched on Monday night at Gasoo, Pulwama by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the army on credible input.
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.
Heavy firing exchanges have been going on in the area since Tuesday evening when a massive search operation was launched by the security forces.
Three terrorists, including the mastermind of the Pulwama terror attack that killed 44 CRPF jawans, were eliminated in the Pulwama encounter
Ghazi Abdul Rashid was an aide of the Pakistan-based JeM patron, Masood Azhar, and had infiltrated into India in mid-December to train Kashmiri terrorists in IED blasts, according to authorities
Security forces on Monday morning eliminated the mastermind behind the 14 February Pulwama terror attack in an overnight operation which also left four Indian Army personnel dead.
Days after a dastardly terror attack in Pulwama which left over 40 CRPF personnel dead, four Indian Army soldiers were killed in an ongoing gunfight with terrorists in the same district.
3 soldiers sustained injuries, one of them flown to Udhampur in critical condition
