Mumbai: Three terrorists affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were killed in an encounter that broke out on Thursday evening in Jammu and Kashmir’s Zolwa Kralpora Chadoora area of Budgam district, said IGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, on Friday.
A joint team of police and security forces cordoned off an area of Zolwa Kralpur Chadoora and started a search operation based on specific information about the presence of terrorists, an exchange of fire broke out between the terrorists and the security forces.
As soon as the security forces reached the spot where the terrorists were hiding, they opened heavy fire and retaliated.
Confirming the casualties, IGP Kashmir said, “Three terrorists neutralized in an encounter that took place in Zolwa Kralpora Chadoora area of Budgam. Identity and affiliation are being ascertained. Incriminating material including arms and ammunition recovered.”
Three AK-57 rifles, 8 magazines and some documents have been recovered from the terrorists. The IGP of Kashmir said that in the year 2022, a total of 11 terrorists have been killed so far.
Yesterday, J&K Police arrested two terrorists of a banned terrorist organization. The Resistance Front (TRF), Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind (MGH), are off-shoots of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) near Barzulla Bridge in Srinagar.
The police, in its official release, said, “On December 22, terrorists targeted and killed a property dealer namely Rauf Ahmed in the Safakadal area. After the incident, Srinagar Police started an investigation into this killing. During the course of the investigation, the movement of some suspects was detected in Srinagar City.”
“Based on further analysis and credible human intelligence, Srinagar Police detected suspicious movement of terrorists in the Bhagat Barzulla area. On this Srinagar police along with CRPF laid special Nakas and apprehended two terrorists of proscribed terrorist organization TRF/MGH offshoots of LET/JeM near Barzulla Bridge,” it read.
The two apprehended terrorists are Suhail Qadir Khanday and Suhail Mushtaq Waza. During the search, two pistols along with two pistol magazines and 30 pistol bullets were recovered on spot.
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