Kashmir: Encounter breaks out in Shopian’s Alshipora area
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Alshipora area of Shopian, police said on Tuesday.
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Alshipora area of Shopian, police said on Tuesday.
The duo identified as Suhaib Reyaz and Anayat Ullah Iqbal, both residents of Saidapora Payeen, confessed to their involvement in the terror attack.
Two non-local labourers from Uttar Pradesh were killed in Harmen area of South Kashmir's Shopian district in the grenade attack.
Deceased has been identified as Puran Krishan Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit. The injured was shifted to the hospital where he was declared dead.
Jamaat-e-Islami was declared an unlawful association in 2019, but it continued to raise funds in various forms on the pretext of charitable purposes.
Three soldiers were injured in a blast that took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian, police said on Thursday.
The operation has been called off as terrorists managed to escape the cordon by indiscriminately firing at the civilians.
As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where the terrorists were hiding they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.
The gunfight erupted after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.
A Chinese pistol, two Chinese hand grenades, and ammunition were recovered from them. Cash amounting Rs. 2.9 lakh was also recovered from their possession.
