Four terrorists, together with Pakistani commander of JeM, killed, 1 held in separate encounters in J&Ok: Police

By PTI

SRINAGAR: Four terrorists, together with a Pakistani commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), had been killed and one other was arrested throughout three separate encounters with safety forces in Jammu and Kashmir, police stated on Saturday.

The encounters passed off in Pulwama, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts of Kashmir Valley, a police spokesman stated.

In Pulwama, appearing on particular info concerning the presence of terrorists in village Chewaklan, a cordon and search operation was launched by safety forces, the spokesman stated.

As the search get together moved in the direction of native Darul Uloom Islamic seminary, terrorists hiding inside fired indiscriminately upon the search get together during which one civilian suffered gunshot accidents.

The injured civilian was recognized as Zahoor Ahmad Shergojri, a resident of Chewklan.

He was taken to a hospital the place his situation was said to be steady.

The safety forces retaliated the fireplace resulting in an encounter, the spokesman stated.

“Keeping the sanctity of the institution in mind, the operation was carried out with all due precautions and deliberations. In the ensuing encounter, two terrorists were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of the encounter,” he stated.

The slain terrorists had been recognized as Pakistani terrorist commander Kamaal Bhai alias Jatt and Aqib Mushtaq alias Usman Hyder, a resident of Karimabad in Pulwama.

The duo had been affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit JeM, the spokesman stated.

During one other anti-terrorist operation carried out in village Wahibugh of the district, safety forces arrested an lively terrorist, Rouf Ahmad Mir of Parigam in Pulwama, the spokesman stated.

Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition, together with a pistol, two magazines, 26 rounds and three grenades, had been recovered from his possession, he stated.

The spokesman stated safety forces launched two extra operations in village Nechama Rajwar of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and in Serch space of Ganderbal in central Kashmir, following particular details about the presence of terrorists.

“As the joint search parties approached towards suspected spots, the hiding terrorists started firing indiscriminately on the search parties which was retaliated leading to encounters at both the places,” he stated.

In the following encounters, one terrorist every, affiliated with the proscribed terror outfit LeT, had been killed and their our bodies had been retrieved from the websites, the spokesman stated.

The slain terrorist on the Handwara encounter web site has been recognized as Suhail Ahmad Ganie, a resident of Terigam in Kulgam, whereas the one killed in Ganderbal has been recognized as Adil Ahmad Khan, a resident of Badarkund Ganderbal.

“As per police data, the killed terrorists had been categorized terrorists and a part of a bunch concerned in a number of terror crime circumstances, together with assaults on police/safety forces and civilian atrocities. The killed Pakistani terrorist Kamaal Bhai was lively since 2018 in Shopian-Pulwama areas.

“Terrorist Adil Khan killed in Ganderbal was involved in attack on a BJP district vice president in October 2020, civilian killings in Srinagar, besides facilitating grenade attack at Towheed Chowk and Chappargund, Ganderbal. He was also involved in motivating youth to join terror folds,” the spokesman stated.

Inspector General of Police of Kashmir Vijay Kumar termed the killing of the wished Pakistani terrorist an enormous success and complimented the forces for conducting profitable anti-terrorist operations with none collateral injury.

He exhorted officers to hurry up anti-terrorist operations in order to make the valley terror-free.