Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter breaks out between terrorists, security forces in Shopian
India | Jul 12, 2022, 12:16 PM ISTShopian encounter: "Encounter has started at Reban area of Shopian. Police and Army on job," said police.
Shopian encounter: "Encounter has started at Reban area of Shopian. Police and Army on job," said police.
Awantipora Encounter: The identification of the other terrorist is being ascertained. JeM commander Kaiser Koka was involved in many terror activities in South Kashmir since 2018.
The Amarnath Yatra, which began on June 30, has been suspended following the fatal tragedy and a decision on its resumption will be taken after rescue operations get over.
Jammu and Kashmir: An intruding terrorist and a soldier were killed after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Friday.
J&K: Based on specific information regarding the movement of militants in the south Kashmir district's Beigund, security forces set up a checkpoint in the area, a police spokesperson said.
Amarnath Yatra: Earlier, due to bad weather along both Baltal and Pahalgam routes, no movement of pilgrims was allowed from either side towards the cave shrine and the pilgrims were not allowed to move towards the Valley from Jammu.
The firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in Hadigram area.
Amarnath Yatra: The annual 43-day pilgrimage commenced on June 30 after a gap of over two years due to Covid-19.
LeT commander Talib Hussain and Faizal Ahmad Dar, a categorised terrorist of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, were captured in Tuksan village, said police.
At the Baltal base camp, a 70-bed fully-equipped DRDO hospital has been set up for quality healthcare services to the pilgrims.
The police said that the security forces launched a cordon and search operation following information about the presence of militants in the area.
Today's encounter comes a day after seven terrorists were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Kashmir.
In Pulwama, a terrorist was killed during an encounter with security forces in the wee hours of Monday. Four terrorists were killed in Kupwara, while two were killed in Kulgam.
The encounter in Kupwara began after the forces launched an operation in the Lolab region of North Kashmir.
The device was detected by the troops of 30 Rashtriya Rifles on Baramulla-Handwara road in the morning.
The attack on Sub-Inspector Farooq Ahmad Mir took place at Samboora in the Pampore area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday
Pakistan-based handlers had sent two Pakistani terrorists of the LeT terror outfit along with one local terrorist Adil Hussain Mir of Pahalgam Anantnag. The local terrorist had been in Pakistan since 2018.
IED was recovered in the Puthkah area of Sopore. Traffic was suspended after the suspicious object was located in the Sangrama stretch of the highway.
The police recovered incriminating materials including arms and ammunition from the terrorists.
Three terrorists, including one from Pakistan, were killed in two separate encounters in J&K. Based on information about the movement of terrorists in the Kandi area of Kupwara, a joint special operation was launched by the security forces, a police spokesperson said.
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