J&K: Terrorist killed in encounter in Kupwara, combing operation on
India | Jun 29, 2018, 11:04 AM ISTThe area was cordoned off by the security forces and a search operation was launched
The area was cordoned off by the security forces and a search operation was launched
While confirming that the militants belonged to ISJK, J&K DGP SP Vaid said bodies of four terrorists were recovered from encounter site in Anantnag.
Bharti, one of Delhi's most wanted gangster and three of his aides were shot dead in an encounter with the police in the Chattarpur area of South Delhi on Saturday.
According to official data released by Uttar Pradesh police, there were 1144 encounters from March 20, 2017, to January 31, 2018, in the state, in which 34 criminals were killed and 2744 were arrested.
All the aides or rather suspected criminals were also carrying rewards on their heads in addition to Bharti who carried a bounty of Rs 1 lakh bounty on him.
Official sources said top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Saddam Padder and a Kashmir University assistant professor Mohammad Rafi Bhat are among the slain militants.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Tabela Chattabal in Safakadal following inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a police official said.
At least two Naxals, including a woman, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
A joint squad of Greyhounds- an elite anti-Naxal squad of the Telangana Police and security personnel from Chhattisgarh launched a joint operation in the forest range near Ipenta village.
Immediately after hearing gunshots, the security forces launched an anti-militancy operation in the area.
Bodies of slain Maoists were recovered from the spot along with three AK-47 rifles, Superintendent of Police Prasant Anand said.
There was some exchange of fire after the cordon was established, the operation was halted for the night, a police official said.
Giving details of the incident, a police spokesman said that the encounter broke out in the Halmatpora area, at least 8 kms from the Line of Control (LoC), after a police party intercepted a group of militants.
Two militants were killed and three policemen including an SHO injured on Thursday in a gunfight that broke out on the outskirts of the city after a BJP leader was attacked.
Forces have been rushed to the spot, and the bodies of the two BSF personnel were being evacuated from the forest.
Two self-loading rifles (SLRs) were recovered from the spot even as the area was being thoroughly searched, the officials said.
According to police sources, Tanvir aka Munnavar belongs to Chhaini gang and carried a reward of Rs 70,000. Several members of this gang have been arrested after 2017 double murder, but he had managed to give police a slip till today.
The Ahmedabad police on Tuesday dismissed VHP leader Pravin Togadia's claim that he could have been killed in a fake encounter, saying it is not possible to eliminate someone who has 'Z-plus' security.
Togadia alleged today that forces are trying to suppress his voice, to stop him from speaking on issues like the Ram Temple, gau Raksha (cow protection) and welfare schemes for farmers.
As per police sources, the two sides began exchanging fire in the forest area of Larnoo.
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