In a major breakthrough in its sustained counter-terrorism efforts, the State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir, has secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) against designated Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist Imtiyaz Ahmad Kandoo alias Fayaz alias Sajad, marking a significant milestone in the investigation of the 2013 Tarzoo (Hygam) terrorist attack case, the SIA DIG said on Saturday.
Alert troops of the Army foiled an infiltration bid on Sunday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, and during the operation, one terrorist was killed.
Operation Trashi-1 was launched on January 18, two days after security forces busted three terrorist hideouts in the Kathua district on January 16. Some terrorists has slipped out of the clutches of the forces and slipped away in the Kamad Nallah, Kalaban, and Dhanu Parole areas.
Two groups of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists are active in the area.
In the complaint, he said that Vellappally is trying to create a communal divide by identifying a religion with terrorism and portraying religious minorities as extremists based on their names.
One terrorist was killed on Tuesday in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
The deceased VDG members have been identified as Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar. Reports indicate that the terrorists tortured the two VDG members, gouged out their eyes, and then shot them dead.
A top wanted Pakistani commander, Usman, of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was among three terrorists killed in two separate fierce encounters with security forces in the Kashmir valley on Saturday.
A Pakistani terrorist was killed on Monday morning when the Indian Army troops foiled an attempt of heavily armed terrorists to ambush a convoy in the border area near Akhnoor in Jammu district.
This was followed by an encounter between the security forces and terrorists. Three terrorists are believed to be trapped in the cordon of security forces.
