2 terrorists killed in Kupwara, one held in Bengaluru: Police FOUR ARRESTED FOR SHOPIAN BLAST THAT KILLED ONE SOLDIER
SRINAGAR/ BENGALURU: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including one from Pakistan, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, while another gunfight broke out in Shopian, police said.
Based on information about the presence of terrorists in the Chaktaras Kandi area of Kupwara, security forces launched a cordon and search operation, a police official said.
The terrorists opened fire on the security personnel who retaliated, he said, adding two ultras were killed in the ensuing encounter.
“Two terrorists of proscribed terror outfit LeT, including one Pakistani terrorist namely Tufail, killed. Search still going on,” Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar tweeted.
Earlier on Monday, one Pakistani terrorist affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed by security forces during an encounter in Sopore.
As per the documents recovered from the killed Pakistani terrorist, he was identified as Hanzalla of Lahore, Pakistan.
Meanwhile, another encounter broke out in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, the police official said.
He said the gunfight started in the orchards of the Badimarg-Aloora area of Shopian.
The exchange of firing was on and there was no casualty till
reports last came in, he said.
‘ Was living in the city for the past two years’
An alleged Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was arrested from Bengaluru’s Okalipuram on June 3 in a joint operation conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles, officials informed on Tuesday.
The arrested man, identified as Talib Hussain, was allegedly an active member of the terrorist outfit, an official said.
A senior intelligence department official said that the arrest was carried out by the J& K police, while the state police were informed after the arrests were carried out.
The officer said that Hussain was living in the city for the past two years.
“As per the information we had, he was working in the city. We are trying to get more details,” the official said.
Reacting to the arrest, Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said, ”It is an ongoing process. Police will keep an eye on the movement of people. Our police have extended help. An arrest had happened earlier in Bhatkal also. Now, the Jammu and Kashmir police have made arrests in Bangalore. We have extended help.”
Hussain hails from Kishtwar district of Nagaseni Tehsil in J&K, and reportedly joined the terror outfit in 2016.
He was allegedly involved in the recruitment of cadre, was part of terror conspiracies in Kashmir, the police said.
SRINAGAR: Four terrorists and their associates were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the last week’s blast in which a soldier was killed in Jammu & Kashmir’s Shopian district, said police.
The blast on June 2 was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) to target a vehicle ferrying soldiers for an antiinsurgency operation, said police.
In a tweet, inspector general of police (IGP) Vijay Kumar said the case has been cracked and that it turned out to be a terror attack. “All the four terrorist/ associates have been arrested. Congratulations to team Shopian,” the IGP said.
Three soldiers on their way to the operation were injured in the blast on last Thursday. Naik Praveen, who was grievously injured, later succumbed to his injuries on Friday.He belonged to the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand and is survived by his wife and six-year-old son. The explosion took place inside the private vehicle hired for the operation.
Public relations officer (defence) Emron Musavi last week had said that the blast was very likely to be from either an IED or a grenade, or a battery malfunctioning in the vehicle as police were probing the nature and source of the explosion.