Jammu and Kashmir: Two local terrorists surrender in Kulgam encounter
India | July 06, 2022 8:31 ISTThe firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in Hadigram area.
The firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in Hadigram area.
The hideout was busted at the disclosure of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Talib Hussain Shah who along with his associate Faisal Ahmad Dar were overpowered by people and handed over to the police.
An official said the terrorists are learnt to use "tunnel and riverine" areas to infiltrate Jammu and Kashmir and they have affiliation with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).
LeT commander Talib Hussain and Faizal Ahmad Dar, a categorised terrorist of south Kashmir's Pulwama district, were captured in Tuksan village, said police.
On the basis of a specific input about the movement of terrorists in the district, the Jammu and Kashmir Police laid special checkpoints.
Earlier today, Security forces arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The terrorist was in touch with terror commanders across the Border. An FIR under relevant sections of law has been registered in Doda Police Station.
The officer said there has been no successful infiltration along the LoC in the valley so far this year. “Till May end, everything has been taken care of. There was a particular group which had come and you are aware that it got eliminated at Bandipora and Sopore,” he said, referring to the killing of foreign militants in encounters with the security forces.
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Security forces are on alert as there have been incidents of targeted killings in Kashmir and sections of the minority community had threatened that they were preparing for mass migration.
A statement issued by the Srinagar Police said in case of any forced or coercive entry by terrorists into any house, the matter should be brought to the notice of the police immediately.
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.
A police spokesperson said acting on specific information regarding the presence of terrorists in Pulwama's Drabgam village, a cordon-and-search operation was launched by the security forces in the area on Saturday.
Incriminating materials, arms of ammunition including 2 Chinese Pistols, 18 live rounds of cartrideges and 2 magazines were recovered from their possession.
The operation took place in the Khandipora area of the Kulgam district. The encounter had started in the wee hours of Saturday.
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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