Security forces shot dead 4 militants including a suspected Pakistani in two separate encounters in Pulwama and Anantnag.
The incident took place on Tuesday evening when a gunfight erupted he gunfight erupted this evening in Khandipora Awantipora in Pulwama when joint forces were carrying out a cordon and a search operation (CASO) in the area.
“During the search operation, the hiding terrorists fired upon the joint search party which was retaliated leading to an encounter,” a police officer said. “ In the encounter, three terrorists were killed.” Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir Vijay Kumar said as per their sources one of the slain is a foreigner and another is local and affiliated with Laskar-e-Taiba.
Police said three militants were shot dead in Pulwama and one in Anantnag district. Police said two of three slain, killed in Pulwama were involved in the killing of an Assistant Sub Inspector of CRPF on July 17 and two Railway Police Force personnel on April 18.
“Identification (is) being ascertained. As per our source, 1 is FT (foreign terrorist) & 1 local terrorist of LeT namely Mukhtiyar Bhat, involved in several terror crimes including the killing of an ASI of CRPF & 2 RPF personnel,” Kumar said while terming the killing of the trio “ a big success for the forces. ” An RPF personnel was killed and ASI was wounded in a militant attack at Kakapora in Pulwama district on April 18.
The ASI later succumbed on April 23. On July 17, an ASI of CRPF was killed in a militant attack at Gangoo Crossing in Pulwama. Another militant was killed in a gunfight in the neighboring Anantnag district. The gunfight broke out at Semthan Bijbehara Anantnag this afternoon during a CASO. ”
One terrorist has been killed so far and the operation is underway,” a police spokesman said. Meanwhile, J&K Police on Tuesday arrested three “hybrid” militants in Srinagar and recovered 10 kilos of a devised explosive device (IED) and two hand grenades from them.
Police said the three “hybrid” militants- a term coined by police for the militants who slip back into normal lives and have no police records- were associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba’s “The Resistance Front”. Two of them were arrested at a checkpoint in Harnambal. “Today at a Naka in Harnambal, Srinagar Police arrested hybrid terrorists Aamir Mushtaq Dar of Iqbalabad Sozaith Budgam and Kabil Rashid of Sicop Mohalla HMT Srinagar.
Two grenades were recovered from their possession. They disclosed the name of another associate Aqib Jamal Bhat of Sozaith Budgam who was also arrested and during the initial examination disclosed an IED in his possession.
The IED of approximately 10kg has been recovered in Rangreth on his instance, by a joint team of Srinagar Police and 62 RR,” a police statement said. Police said a case has been registered under the relevant sections of UAPA, explosives act, and Arms Act in Police Station Chanpora. Further investigation is on to scoop up more facts, police said.
As many as 87 civilians and 99 security personnel have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019.
LeT commander Mukhtar Bhat among the 3 terrorists killed in seperate encounters in #awantipora and #Bijbehara area of #Kashmir.
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