New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir Police along with the Indian Army have neutralized seven terrorists, including four Pakistani nationals in three anti-terror operations in the Kupwara, Kulgam, and Pulwama districts of Kashmir in less than 24 hours, officials said on Monday, “24 terrorists killed in 20 days, ahead of Yatra anti-terror operations intensified. Total 114 terrorists including 32 Pakistani terrorists killed in Kashmir valley this year so far,” said IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar.
IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar informed, “Four Pakistani terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-i-Toiba have been killed in Kupwara Lolab Encounter, we are still searching the area, besides in Kulgam 2 terrorist each of Lashkar and Jaish were killed and one unidentified terrorist was killed in Pulwama. All operations were carried jointly with the army on a specific input generated by Jammu Kashmir police.”
Kumar said, “Among 7 Killed terrorists 5 were linked with terror outfit LeT, one with JeM. 4 has been identified as a Pakistani and 3 local.”
Earlier, Kupwara Police launched a joint anti-terrorist operation along with the Army’s 28RR on the disclosure of an arrested terrorist Showket Ahmed Sheikh in the Lolab area of Kupwara. During a search of hideouts, hiding terrorists fired upon joint search parties, and our team also retaliated, in which one terrorist got killed. The arrested terrorist also got trapped. Encounter in progress. Said a police officer monitoring the operation.
Meanwhile, another encounter broke out in the Kulgam district of south Kashmir. It was the second gunfight.
“Encounter has started after Jammu Kashmir police got a specific input about the presence of terrorists in Gujjar Pora, DH Pora area of Kulgam district of South Kashmir,” a police officer said. “A joint team of police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Gujjar Pora after the input about the presence of terrorists in the area,” he added.
“As the joint searching party of forces cordoned the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces which were retaliated, and encounter started and 2 terrorists of LeT and JeM got killed,” he further said.
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