1 Hizbul, 3 LeT terrorists killed in encounter in J&K’s Anantnag
SRINAGAR: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists and one Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist were killed in an encounter with security forces on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said.
The encounter was triggered in Anantnag’s Watarigam area after a team of the Jammu & Kashmir police, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Army launched a cordon-and-search operation in the area following a tip-off about the presence of the terrorists.
Jammu & Kashmir police spokesman Manoj Kumar said that during the operation, the terrorists fired at the search party. “The fire was retaliated leading to the encounter in which four terrorists were killed,” he said.
The four were identified as Muzaffar Ahmed Bhat, Omar Ameen Bhat, and Sajad Ahmed Bhat of the LeT and HM’s Gulzar Ahmed Bhat.
“Two AK-47 rifles, two pistols, ammunition, and other incriminating materials have been recovered from the encounter site,” Kumar said. He said Muzzafar Ahmed Bhat, an LeT district commander, was wanted in seven cases since 2017.
On Friday, LeT terrorist Mudasir Ahmad Bhat was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in Sopore. He had joined militancy around seven days before his death, Kumar said.
MILITANT HELD IN BARAMULLA
A militant was arrested during a cordon and search operation in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday.
The militant was identified as Danish Kakroo, resident of Chesti Colony in Baramulla, a police official said.
The operation is still in progress, the official said, adding, further details are awaited.
In a separate incident, police apprehended two persons from Alstop Mirbazar in district Kulgam of South Kashmir.
One of them has been identified as Parveez Ahmad Mantoo, resident of Khudwani Kulgam, while other’s identity is being ascertained, the official said.
› Two AK-47 rifles, two pistols, ammunition and other incriminating materials have been recovered from the site MANOJ KUMAR, police official