Two local terrorists with links to Hizbul-Mujahideen were killed in an encounter earlier today in the Pushkari area of Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Vijay Kumar, ADG Kashmir, the two terrorists were involved in killing of a territorial army personnel and two civilians.
The Kashmir Police Zone tweeted quoting Kumar - “Killed militants identified as Danish Bhat @ Kokab Duree & Basharat Nabi, both affiliated with proscribed militant outfit HM. Both were involved in killing of one TA personnel Saleem on 9 April 2021 & killing of two civilians on 29 May 2021."
The two terrorists were killed within 20 minutes of the encounter. A joint team of police, army and CRPF had launched a search operation and cordoned off an area in the Pushkari village of Kanilwan area.
As the patrol surrounded the terrorists, they fired at the security forces, triggering a gunfight. Both the terrorists were killed when security forces retaliated.
According to police records, both the terrorists who were killed had been active since 2019 and both of them reportedly had a history of terror cases against him including attacks on police or security forces and civilian atrocities.
They are both said to have been involved in the killing of two Territorial Army personnel - Manzoor Ahmad in Anantnag in 2019 and Mohammad Saleem in Bijbehara in 2021. The were also allegedly involved in the killins of two civilians on in May 2021 in Jablipora Bijbehara area.
Incriminating evidence including arms and ammunition were recovered. 01 AK-56 Rifle, 35 AK rounds, 02 AK Magazines, 01 Pistol, 01 Pistol Magazine and 02 Pistol rounds were recovered from the encounter site. All the recovered materials have been taken into custody for further investigation. Cops have registered a case under relevant sections of law and further investigation has been initiated.
The encounter comes a day after another encounter in in Shopian district of the valley where two had managed to escape in the darkness of the night.
In another operation in Srinagar, security personnel acted on specific input about the presence of terrorists in Khanmoh area of Srinagar and launched a joint operation with Police & 50RR.
During search operations, IED weighing 30-35Kgs were recovered. Bomb disposal squad was also called onto the spot. The IED was then destroyed.
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